by FLEK Admin | Aug 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: While the Moon approaches Full, though rather low in the southeast, look to the zenith – the top of the sky – where a bright star shines with a steely-blue light. Vega ranks as the 4th brightest star in the heavens, twice as massive as our Sun,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 8, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:46 AM Sunset: 8:05 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 19 minutes Dry weather during the summer of 1909 resulted in wide swings of temperatures, both daily as well as during the month. On this date thermometers raced from a comfortable 58 degrees in the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Looking high in the east at 10 PM revels Cygnus the Swan, its tail marked by the bright star Deneb, which is also a member of the Summer Triangle. Cygnus will move almost overhead by midnight when, just to its south, you can see Aquila the Eagle, and its bright...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 7, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:44 AM Sunset: 8:07 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 23 minutes On this date in 1918, many thermometers hovered near the century mark during a brief but blistering heat wave. Earlier that week, temperatures dropped to the 30s on the 4th. By the 7th and 8th...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: With the Summer Triangle almost overhead, look at its lowest star Altair, and then to the left of Altair. A faint, compact collection of stars may catch your eyes, the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. It appears like a comma, but perhaps you can imagine a...
