by FLEK Admin | Nov 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At 7:50 PM you can see a faint cluster of stars called The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, appearing a little less than halfway up in the east. To locate them more easily, you can first identify the bright and orange-red star Aldebaran, which appears due east, and...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 13, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:43 AM Sunset: 4:25 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 42 minutes Controlling the weather has been the subject of many discussions as to its merit. Cloud seeding had its beginnings on this date in 1946 over the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Scientists from...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 12, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:42 AM Sunset: 4:26 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 44 minutes A heavy, wet snow storm on this date, November 12th, in 1968 brought 6 to 12 inches in many valleys, while 12 to 24 inches was common on the mountains. Readsboro measured 12 inches, and 11...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Just as the clock strikes midnight, the Last Quarter Moon rises above a level eastern horizon, later if hills and trees are in the way. Above this half-illuminated Moon, the brightest star in Leo, the Lion, Regulus, struggles to be seen through the Moon’s...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The mid-winter stars rise earlier each evening, as the Earth makes its appointed journey around the Sun. By 9:30 PM, the familiar stars of Orion are in the east, and are joined by the bright star Procyon, just rising at 9:45 PM EST. This is the dominant star in...
