by FLEK Admin | Sep 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Cassiopeia, the Queen, is a w-shaped constellation in the north-northeast this evening. The picture of the Queen is often one of her sitting on her throne, this time of year lying on its back with the legs toward your right. Thursday: Rising in the...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 23, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:39 AM Sunset: 6:46 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 7 minutes The earliest general snowfall on records took place on this date in 1885. As would be expected, the mountains had the greatest amounts, including 12 inches on Mt. Mansfield with drifts to 3...
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...
