by FLEK Admin | Sep 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: If you look straight up at 9:45 PM this evening, within the gossamer light of the Milky Way shines the star Deneb, the least bright of the trio of stars forming the Summer Triangle. In spite of its comparative brightness, it actually reigns as a stellar...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 22, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:37 AM Sunset: 6:48 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 11 minutes Only about once each century does a full-blown hurricane cross New England and reach the interior. In the 19th century it was the Great September Gale of 1815 that roared up through...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The dark skies near the New Moon are always rewarding for the faint stars now exposed. Yet, despite their lack of luster, these lesser components are by far the most numerous. Consider that on a dark, clear night you can see up to 2000 stars, yet only 35 are as...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:36 AM Sunset: 6:50 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 14 minutes On this day, 87 years ago, all of New England was battered by the Great Hurricane of 1938 – the worst hurricane in New England’s history on many scores. Wind damage was severe –...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Today is Autumnal Equinox. At 2:19 PM EDT, the sun crosses the equator, introducing Autumn to those of us in the northern hemisphere. The days will continue to shorten, but at an ever decreasing rate, until we reach the Winter Solstice at 10:03 AM EST, on...
