by FLEK Admin | Jan 11, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way Galaxy is a fine sight, but it is not the only galaxy – or large group of stars and star systems – we can see. At 7:00 PM this evening, looking due west, about two-thirds of the way up from the horizon, another galaxy can be seen as a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 10, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way, known in the orient as the “River of Light”, is home to many bright stars, including Capella, a brilliant white star some 46 light-years away, the sixth brightest star in the skies. You’ll find it nearly overhead this evening at...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 9, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Orion, easily seen even on a moonlit night, displays some if his fainter features near the dark of the Moon. Below Orion’s three bright “belt stars” dangles a sword. Follow the line of his belt to the upper right, where a modest curved line of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 8, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Mercury continues its early morning display for early risers tomorrow morning. As you enjoy your first cup of coffee, Mercury shines low but bright above a low, level southeast horizon from 6:15 through 6:40 AM, not to be confused with the much brighter, much...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 7, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The thinning Crescent Moon again joins Venus and the red star Antares, but this time appears just to the right of the red star from 5:45 until 6:30, when the twilight overwhelms the scene. To their lower left, even closer to the horizon, the planet Mercury...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 6, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Early risers tomorrow will enjoy the combination of a waning Crescent Moon edging up into the southeast, greeting a preview of summer in the depths of winter. Well to the Moon’s left, the planet Venus beams above the red star Antares, the “heart” of the...
