by FLEK Admin | Nov 3, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:30 AM Sunset: 4:37 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 7 minutes Residents in much of New England awoke to a soaking rain on this date in 1927, but there was no indication that the rain would continue for another 24 hours at alarming rates, climaxing in the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow morning, briefly visible and quite low in the east-southeast, the planet Venus appears to have a companion, the star Spica located to the right, and a bit higher than Venus. The two are heading in opposite directions, with Spica rising earlier each...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 2, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:29 AM Sunset: 4:39 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 10 minutes On November 2nd, 1950, much of New England was basking in the warmth of an Indian Summer spell that set records for the date and for the month. Burlington was 75, tying the record for its...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 2, 2025 | 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 1, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:27 AM Sunset: 5:40 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 13 minutes The first day of November greets us with the half-way point between fall and winter. The ancient peoples of western Europe knew this as Samhain – meaning literally “summer’s end”, but...
