by FLEK Admin | Oct 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In the last glow of twilight, a growing Crescent Moon rides low over the southern horizon, but not alone, as the Moon nestles squarely within Sagittarius. Below and to the right, the reddish Antares can be seem briefly before it dips below the horizon. Also...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 26, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:19 AM Sunset: 5:49 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 30 minutes Late October is prime time for spells of “Faux Summer”, perhaps their mild winds and hazy skies are that much more rare and precious because of the shortening light and the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Arcturus, the brightest star in the evening skies, still close to due west, appears less than one quarter of the way up as twilight ends, setting earlier each evening, and heads below the west-northwest horizon at 8:00 PM EDT. Arcturus owes its brilliance to...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 25, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:18 AM Sunset: 5:50 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 32 minutes Twenty years ago on this date in 2005, the worst October snowstorm in recent memory coated trees with over a foot of snow in places, resulting in widespread power outages of 100,000 homes,...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Directly overhead this evening at 7:10 PM is Deneb, the tail of the Swan, or the top of the Northern Cross. Although Deneb appears as the faintest star of the Summer Triangle, it is by far the most powerful. While Vega shines 40 times brighter than our Sun, and...
