by FLEK Admin | Aug 12, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:50 AM Sunset: 8:00 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 10 minutes The Dog Days are over! However, that is NOT a weather forecast. The Dog Days are so-named for the brightest star in our skies, prominent in our winter skies – the Dog Star, known as...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At about 9:15 this evening, the large, waning Gibbous Moon rises in the east, joined 25 minutes later by its solar system cousin Saturn. While they slide across the southern skies, the Persied meteors are approaching their peak, They’re best seen after...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:49 AM Sunset: 8:01 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1949 the hottest summer in northern New England was experiencing the climax of a 5 day heat-wave. Temperatures were in the mid and upper 90s, the hottest being 99 degrees in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper has settled into the northwest skies, about one third of the way up from the horizon at 8:45 this evening. Use the handle of the Big Dipper to “arc” westward to Arcturus, a brilliant orange-white star almost the same height, but in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 10, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:48 AM Sunset: 8:03 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 15 minutes Northern New England rarely gets a visit from a hurricane, but their remnants typically bring gusty winds and heavy rains. Former hurricane Belle was in the process of soaking the region on...
