Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Today: The Draconid Meteor Shower peaks this evening, and the absence of the Moon allows star gazers dark skies to catch this minor event, most years producing fewer than 10 per hour. Occasional bursts hundreds per hour have occurred when their parent comet,...

October 8, 2024

Sunrise: 6:56 AM Sunset: 6:18 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 22 minutes A most unusual late-season surge of summer-time warmth was just beginning on this date in 1909. Readings climbed to the upper 70s and low 80s, heading for their peak on the 10th, when...

Monday, October 07, 2024

Today: A growing Crescent Moon rides low over the southwest horizon, but not alone. As the brilliant Venus edges toward the horizon, looking from 7 to 7:15 well to the left of Venus, a star emerges to the right of the Moon, the reddish Antares, the “heart”...