by FLEK Admin | May 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Early risers get their reward in the blush of morning twilight over the next few mornings, thanks to a visual treat from the thinning Crescent of the Moon, its slender form to the upper right of the brilliant Venus, best viewed from 4 to 4:30, and accompanied...
by FLEK Admin | May 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:17 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 0 minutes Cold fronts can still pack a wallop this time of year, but you’d be hard pressed to find a more dramatic change than what happened this week back in 1906. The temperature soared to 92 in...
by FLEK Admin | May 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Saturn continues to rise a few minutes earlier each night, breaking the eastern horizon just before 3 AM tomorrow morning, although not alone, the Waning Crescent Moon having risen 30 minutes before the ringed world. As they rise a bit higher by 4...
by FLEK Admin | May 20, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:18 AM Sunset: 8:16 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 58 minutes Snow fell heavily on this date in 1892 in central Vermont. Strafford, VT noted 16 inches of snow through the 21st, with up to 28 inches on the higher elevations. North Bridgewater had 30...
by FLEK Admin | May 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: On this date in 1910, the Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet, an event that spawned any number of reactions, from taking “Comet Pills” to ward off the noxious vapors, to predictions of the end of the world. The dangers were...
