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...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 31, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:26 AM Sunset: 5:41 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 15 minutes Halloween is often haunted by memories of trick-or-treating in the snow, or in the cold, but before the days of various miniature cherubs dressed as their favorite hero or greatest nightmare,...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 31, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Hallowe’en’s connection to astronomy comes from its position on the calendar, halfway between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice. This mid-point, known as a “cross-quarter day”, began the “dark” half of the year for...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As Hallowe’en approaches, look for the star Algol, the “ghoul” that marks the head of the hideous monster Medusa, a great Hallowe’en costume! Look northeast at 7:30 PM , where the brightest star in Perseus, Mirfak appears (not to be...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 30, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 5:43 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 18 minutes Over a decade on this date, in 2011, the greatest October snowstorm on record was tapering off. Only a dusting fell in the Champlain Valley, but 8 to 16 inches fell in southern VT, including...
