by FLEK Admin | Apr 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: For night owls, or very early risers tomorrow morning, the southeastern skies host a wonderful view of the waning Gibbous Moon, rising just minutes before midnight, joined shortly later by the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion, to the...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 15, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:07 AM Sunset: 7:35 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 28 minutes In most years, maple sugaring is done by now, or nearly so, and we move on to other activities. However, following one of the most severe winters of the 18th century, the famous Long Winter of...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Sirius, the Dog Star, shines bright but low in the southwest by o’clock. However, there is a second “dog star”, Procyon, or the Little Dog, directly above Sirius, much higher in the southwest. Procyon appears about half way up in the skies at...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 14, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:08 AM Sunset: 7:33 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 25 minutes In 1992, a late-season snowstorm on the 11th and 12th set the stage for a cold morning on the 14th – setting records in Portland, ME at 21 degrees, but many single numbers inland,...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 14, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The brilliant star in the southwest to the left of Orion’s belt is Sirius, the Dog Star. As it lowers closer to the horizon, notice that as it twinkles, it flashes many colors. Its light is bending on its way through our atmosphere, giving us pin-point...
