by FLEK Admin | Sep 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In the northern sky at dusk, Ursa Major, the Big Dipper contained within it, is nosing toward the horizon, but only to skirt it, before rising into the northeast after midnight. This and its companion, the Little Bear, also known as the Little Dipper, are all...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A little after 1:00 AM, night owls can see the Gemini Twins, somewhat horizontally oriented, rise just east of northeast. Betwixt them in the Waning Crescent Moon. Just beneath, and rising last, is Jupiter. All will continue to rise into northeastern sky,...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 15, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:29 AM Sunset: 7:01 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 32 minutes A tremendously cold blast of arrived on this date in 1859, with snow squalls noted in Franklin Fairbanks weather records. The temperature fell to 31 degrees by 9 PM that evening. In the...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 14, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:28 AM Sunset: 7:03 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 35 minutes A cold front, invigorated by the remnants of Hurricane Frederic on this date in 1979 roared across the region with severe thunderstorms causing widespread wind damage through Addison and...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 14, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way arcs across the sky from the northeast, where the bright star Capella is rising, running through the Summer Triangle overhead, and then is anchored in the southwest with the setting star Antares, the red star marking the heart of Scorpio, the...
