by FLEK Admin | Apr 10, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:15 AM Sunset: 7:29 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 14 minutes March of 1945 was the warmest on record up until that time. Not surprisingly, poor sugaring was noted. And on this date in 1945 the warmth extended into the month of April. Burlington began a...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 10, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Rising in the east-southeast as twilight yields to darkness between 8:15 and 8:30, a steely-blue star rises in the east-southeast, the brightest star in Virgo, the Virgin, Spica. One way to find it is to follow the “arc” of the Big Dipper’s...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 9, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:17 AM Sunset: 7:27 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 10 minutes Spring has usually made some type of appearance by now, but “April brings along what March left behind” as the old adage goes. For example, on this date in 1956, the snow was still piling up over...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 9, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The northwestern skies in the evenings are home to Capella, the Goat Star. In mythology this is the nurse goat for the great Jupiter, and was rewarded with a place in the heavens. It is half way up from the horizon in the west-northwest at 9:00 PM, well below...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 8, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Today marks the second anniversary of the stunning, Total Solar Eclipse that swept across the US and southeast Canada, right over northern VT and NH, last year in 2024. The weather cooperated surprisingly well, considering clouds dominate the skies on 4 out of...
