by FLEK Admin | Nov 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Just as the clock strikes midnight, the Last Quarter Moon rises above a level eastern horizon, later if hills and trees are in the way. Above this half-illuminated Moon, the brightest star in Leo, the Lion, Regulus, struggles to be seen through the Moon’s...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 11, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:41 AM Sunset: 4:28 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 47 minutes The European continent knew late spells of warmth that melted the early frosts and snows as St. Martin’s Summer. Although St. Martin’s Day, or Martinmas, occurs specifically on the 11th, the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The mid-winter stars rise earlier each evening, as the Earth makes its appointed journey around the Sun. By 9:30 PM, the familiar stars of Orion are in the east, and are joined by the bright star Procyon, just rising at 9:45 PM EST. This is the dominant star in...
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 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...
