by FLEK Admin | Aug 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Saturn is now rising near the end of twilight, at 8:30 in the east, and slides higher into the east-southeast, one quarter of the way into the heavens by 10:30. Saturn’s great distance means it takes decades to orbit the Sun, which means we see it in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 28, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:09 AM Sunset: 7:34 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 25 minutes Today is the anniversary of the severe flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Torrential rains of 4 to 8 inches fell in 24 hours. The ground was saturated from a summer of heavy rains, and the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A low, level view to the southwest shows that the Crescent Moon is now drifting farther away from the blue star Spica, and the two won’t rendezvous again until doing so during predawn hours in November and December. Spica is one of four bright stars the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 27, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:07 AM Sunset: 7:35 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 28 minutes On this date in 1989, the morning brought an unusual patch-work of various sheets and blankets and just about anything else you might grab as a surprisingly early frost hit some of the cold...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Flanked to its right by Spica, a slender, waxing Crescent Moon slides low above the southwestern horizon this evening, with the tips of its horns nearly vertical. This gives the appearance that the Moon cannot “hold water”, and therefore gives us...
