by FLEK Admin | Dec 21, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Winter Solstice occurs late this evening at 10:27 PM EST, with our shortest day and longest night of the year. The longest night starts with an excellent arrangement of the waxing Gibbous Moon emerging from the twilight with Jupiter to its right near 4:30 PM in...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 20, 2023 | NightSky
Today: On this “solstice eve”, the Moon rides high in the south, to the right of Jupiter. Looking to the northeast, a pair of stars is rising, the Twins of Gemini, with Castor, the higher of the two, almost one third of the way up in the east-northeast by...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 19, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Look for the First Quarter Moon to be shining moderately high and due south at 6 o’clock this evening, which is the direction in which the First Quarter Moon always appears. Because the Moon is one “quarter” of the way through its monthly...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 18, 2023 | NightSky
Today: As we approach the shortest day of the year, the Big Dipper is showing signs of encouragement for those not enjoying the lack of daylight. By mid-evening, the Dipper is starting to lift a little higher in to the northeast, and by February will look like a...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 17, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Above the wide waxing Crescent Moon, Saturn shines as best it can through the Moon’s glow, while well to their lower left, the wonderfully bright star Fomalhaut appears in its usual anonymity. In spite of ranking as the 13th brightest star we can see,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 16, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Summer Triangle is slowly bidding farewell as it rests in the west-northwest, its three bright stars spanning the Milky Way, or the “Great River in the Sky” as it’s known in the Orient. Our galaxy arches from the west up to the top and...
