by FLEK Admin | Nov 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper runs as low as it gets along the northern horizon. At 7:30 PM EST, the right edge of the “bowl” of the Dipper is exactly above north. Follow the line formed by these two stars, the “pointer stars”, and they will guide you...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 10, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:39 AM Sunset: 4:29 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 50 minutes One of my favorite weather sayings comes along at this time each year. “If ice in November will bear a duck, nothing comes after but sleet and muck”, meaning that cold weather this early in the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Late this evening, the waning Gibbous Moon, one day from its Last Quarter, works its way above the east-northeast horizon in the company of Jupiter to its lower right, somewhat subdued by the Moon’s glare. You’ll find the pair one third of the way...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 9, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:38 AM Sunset: 4:30 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 52 minutes Unusually warm, “retro-summer” weather lingered over the region on this date in 1996, making it quite pleasant to complete a few last minute details for winter preparation....
by FLEK Admin | Nov 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Vega, the brightest star visible this evening, starts this night high in the west at 6 o’clock, and takes its time lowering through the northwest all evening, not setting until 2 o’clock tomorrow morning. Vega is bright, in part, because it is one...
