by FLEK Admin | Nov 9, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The eastern skies have gone to the dogs! Procyon, the star marking the Little Dog, is one of Orion’s hunting dogs, and rises at 9:50 PM. But the Great Dog comes into view a bit more than a half-hour later, as the star Sirius – the “Dog...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 8, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Very early tomorrow morning, one of the best conjunctions of a planet and the Moon takes place, featuring the dazzling Venus just barely to the right of the thinning Crescent Moon. They rise just after 2:30 AM EST, due east, then climb delightfully higher into...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 7, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Early November can be thought of as “fireball season”, thanks to a few different meteors showers that occur, each featuring relatively large particles, including the southern and northern Taurid Meteor showers. As these larger pieces burn up in the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 6, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The first of two minor meteor showers peaks tonight, known as the Southern Taurid Meteor Shower, to distinguish it from the Northern Taurids next weekend. This meteor shower remains active from late September through early December, tossing 5 to 10 meteors per...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 5, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Standard Time has returned, but what does that mean? The idea of a “standard” time, and time zones, replaced the Sun as the method for determining noon. Local noon is when the Sun is directly south, but when trains made long distance travel possible...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 4, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Today marks the latest sunrise of the year. But wait, doesn’t that happen in December near the Winter Solstice? That would be true, except the date for changing from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time now occurs so late, that our sunrise is ten minutes...
