by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Today the Earth is at perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, measuring some 147,054,707 km, or 91,375,559 miles. That “slightly” nearer Sun reflects off a waning Moon as it rises late this evening, about 11:15 PM, just one day from its Last...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The first night of the new year features the great Orion climbing higher into the southeast, accompanied by his hunting dogs. Orion rises to one third of the way up in the southeast by 8 o’clock, with his three Belt stars angled to the lower left. There,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 31, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Venus is ready to open 2024 with some interesting views, starting tomorrow as it rises near 4:30, climbing a bit higher by 6 o’clock, to be joined to the lower right by Acrab, the star on the left shoulder of the Scorpion. By 6:30, as twilight creeps in,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 30, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Harry Potter in the sky? Looking in the southeast at 8:30 this evening we see the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, rising. It is known as the Dog Star, and in the Harry Potter books, his god-father Sirius turns into a dog. Likewise, Sirius’s sister is...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 29, 2023 | NightSky
Today: One of the brightest stars in the sky, and part of the Summer Triangle, Vega, is flickering in the northwest by dark. Vega gets its name from the German “Wega”, which came from “Al Waki”, Arabic for “the falling or swooping...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 28, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Summer Triangle has survived into Winter! Its three bright stars still offer an excellent view, one third to half way up in the west, with the star nearest the horizon being Altair, setting tonight at 7:45 PM EST, Vega much brighter, close to the same...
