Friday, March 13, 2026

Today: Following the line of Orion’s Belt stars to the right, the red star Aldebaran should easily catch your attention.  Look more carefully at this region, and you will see a “V” shaped pattern of stars making the Bull’s face.  This faint group is called the Hyades,...

March 12, 2026

Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 6:53 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 45 minutes The Blizzard of 1888 raged region wide on this date. A general fall of 2 to 4 feet of snow was whipped by north to northeast gales into snow drifts of 10 to 15 feet, while temperatures headed down...

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Today: You find two familiar constellations climbing in tandem this evening. Due east prowls the Lion, Leo, coming into his own as he returns to the skies each spring, his head and front shoulders in the form of a backwards question mark. Mirroring this pattern, as...