by FLEK Admin | Jun 17, 2025 | NightSky
Today: All night, every night, the North Star is right where it always is – half way up, due north. Many are surprised that the North Star is not the brightest star in the heavens. Rather than its brightness, Polaris’s location directly above the Earth’s...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 16, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes On this date in 1806, a total solar eclipse darkened the midday hours of central New England. Totality lasted about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in Bennington. The area of totality included...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As viewable at sunset, and slightly to left of due west, Regulus has drawn extremely close to Mars, appearing to the lower left of Mars, the separated by less 1 degree. Tomorrow the position of Regulus will have shifted to the lower right of Mars, but by a...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 15, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:36 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes The sunrise this morning, and again tomorrow morning, are the earliest of the year, even though we have not quite reached summer. This slight discrepancy is due to our attempts to make time...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Though named for a famous hero, the constellation Hercules is a challenge. A clear evening this month will find its “keystone” or “bow-tie” shape directly between the bright star Vega, two thirds of the way up in the sky in the east near midnight, and brilliant...
