Thursday, July 31, 2025

Today: Late July offers a view of the W-shaped pattern of stars climbing into the northeast, about one third of the way up this evening, forming the basis of the throne for the Queen, Cassiopeia. It is tipped on its back during the summer, gradually climbing higher...

July 30, 2025

Sunrise: 5:36 AM Sunset: 8:17 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 41 minutes Localized but extreme rainfall fell in less than 12 hours on this date last year, 2024, over portions of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, possibly some of the most intense rainfall ever...

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Today: The Delta Aquariid Meteor shower is near its broad peak in activity, lasting from mid-July to mid-August. Alongside it this year is the Alpha Capricornids, its meteors less frequent but tending to move more slowly across the sky. The Moon won’t be an...

July 29, 2025

Sunrise: 5:34 AM Sunset: 8:18 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1883 a great aurora was seen across the northeast. This was near the peak of sunspots during the 1880s, part of the Sun’s 11 year cycle. In the current Sun’s cycle we are also...

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Today: The North Star, also known as Polaris, remains anchored halfway up from the northern horizon, never moving noticeably, though, technically, it does make a very small circle as the Earth rotates on its axis. The circle is a little more than one degree, or twice...