Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Today: At 9 PM, the Summer Triangle still shines, involving two stars that are closer to the horizon: Altair in the west, and Vega in the northwest; higher and in between is Deneb. A simultaneous triangle appears in the east-southeast, with Aldebaran the higher in the...

November 19, 2025

Sunrise: 6:51 AM Sunset: 4:20 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 29 minutes The first of two coastal storms struck southernmost Vermont and central and southern New Hampshire with a foot of snow in Readsboro and Vernon, VT on this date in 1986. Winds gusted to 50 mph...

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Today: Just past 8 PM, three stars will rise in the eastern sky, appearing close together and vertically aligned, to comprise Orion’s belt. These stars are much less bright than Orion’s brightest, those being Orion and Betelgeuse. But the close alignment of the belt...

November 18, 2025

Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 4:21 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 31 minutes Looking back to the 1960s, snowmaking was only a dream for ski areas, so early snows were always a great bonus. Ski areas hit the jackpot on this date in 1965, when 8 to 16 inches blanketed the...

Monday, November 17, 2025

Today: Early risers tomorrow morning can look for the bright and blueish-white star Spica to rise in the east-southeast at 4:00 AM. Also rising in the east-southeast, about an hour later, will be the waning sliver of a crescent Moon. Following in the same line,...