by FLEK Admin | Apr 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the bright winter stars of Orion retire in the west, two lonely bright stars rise toward their summer prominence in the skies in the east. Looking high in the northeast to find the Big Dipper, and follow the “arc” of its handle lower and to the right,...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Today marks the 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 5 days...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 8, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:19 AM Sunset: 7:26 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 7 minutes New York, northern VT, southern Quebec and northern NH were treated to a Total Solar Eclipse last year on this date in 2024. For areas in the Champlain Valley, it was the first total eclipse...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 7, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:21 AM Sunset: 7:25 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 4 minutes Record cold was noted on this date in 1982, in the wake of a late-season blizzard that whipped through with 1 to 2 feet of snow. Single number readings were widespread, dipping to 8 degrees in...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the last of the twilight fades after 8:30, look higher into the southeastern skies, where the celestial Lion, Leo, appears about to swallow the waxing Gibbous Moon, progressing to due south, about two thirds of the way above the horizon, at 10 o’clock....
