by FLEK Admin | Mar 30, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The nearly Full Moon rises late today at around 5:30 PM. It won’t be until closer to 8 PM that the constellation Leo will emerge from the twilight, appearing above the Moon. Of the stars in Leo, Regulus is the brightest. The Moon and Leo will ride across...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 29, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The brightest object in the night sky is the Moon. It’s so bright that it’s fully visible in broad daylight, when it rises in the east-northeast at 3:45 PM. On the opposite side of the sky, in the west, will emerge the second-brightest object in the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 28, 2026 | NightSky
Today: High in the south this evening are two “twin” stars, the Twins of Gemini. The stars of Gemini are the location where the planet Uranus was discovered in March of 1781 by Sir William Herschel. Uranus was last in Gemini between 1950 and 1956. Its 84 year...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 27, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Like Arcturus rising in the east, another lonely denizen of its sector of the sky is Polaris, the North Star. It appears prominent in the north because of its isolattion from any bright neighbors, but is only the 33rd brightest star in the northern celestial...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 26, 2026 | NightSky
Today: As has been shown in the past two nights’ entries, a look to the west-southwest at 9 PM reveals a whole host of bright objects, including the Moon, Jupiter, and 7 of the 12 brightest stars that shine within the northern celestial hemisphere. Turning around and...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 25, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Again high in the west at 9 PM, you’ll see the waxing gibbous Moon. Both it and nearby Jupiter appear to be “joined at the hip,” respectively, with the Gemini Twins, Castor and Pollux. Looking on from more of a distance are two bright stars: Capella, to the...
