by FLEK Admin | Jan 25, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s skies feature the Full “Wolf” Moon, so named by Native Americans for the wolves that would gather outside villages in the deep of winter. It sits well below the Twins of Gemini, and well to the left of the bright star Procyon. It has...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 24, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Moon is one day from being completely Full, as it climbs into the east-northeast during the fading twilight. By 7:15 PM, the Moon has climbed more than one third of the way up in the east, directly below the two stars called the Twins of Gemini, with Castor...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 23, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Venus is now in its slow transition into the Sun’s earlier morning arrival, gaining 10 minutes since the first of the year. Venus lingers low in the southeast through mid-February, when it briefly encounters Mars, and then spends spring and most of the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 22, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Glowing brightly within the collection of Winter’s brightest stars, the waxing Gibbous Moon finds itself halfway up in the east at 6 o’clock, surrounded by Capella, high above, Aldebaran, the red eye of Taurus, the Bull, well right, while the even...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 21, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The “Winter Diamond” of four dazzling stars sits in the southeast this evening, featuring Betelgeuse at the top, its orange hue due to its tremendous size causing it to cool. The lowest star is the brightest, Sirius, the Dog Star. The other dog...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 20, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As the waxing Moon progresses to the east, away from its companion a few nights ago, Jupiter, now well to the right, look below the Moon in the fading twilight after 5:15 PM, where the red star Aldebaran emerges, halfway up in the east-southeast, and climbing...
