by FLEK Admin | Oct 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Dark evenings tonight and tomorrow will offer a chance to see the Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object human eyes can see. Look in the east-northeast for a slightly curved line of three stars, angled a bit up on the right end. From the middle star, go up...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:13 AM Sunset: 5:56 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 43 minutes Just over 50 years ago on this date, in 1972, bitter cold covered smaller ponds with ice. On the 19th an early season northeaster clipped southern New England with 2 to 4 inches of snow on the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Orionid Meteor Shower reaches its peak tonight. It is best seen in the hours after midnight, and the New Moon will contribute to favorable viewing conditions. The fragments of rock are part of debris released by Halley’s Comet, producing some 10 to 20...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 20, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:12 AM Sunset: 5:58 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 46 minutes Rain began falling on this date in 1996, and would continue for about 30 hours as a coastal storm tapped moisture from Hurricane Lily and dumped tremendous rains over the region. 2 to 4 inches...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way becomes more prominent through the Fall, stretching from northeast to southwest across the top of the sky. It is our view of the Milky Way Galaxy from the inside, looking out. The Sun is embedded in a great disc of stars, and we are looking...
