by FLEK Admin | Apr 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Rising in the east-southeast as twilight yields to darkness, a steely-blue star rises in the east-southeast, the brightest star in Virgo, the Virgin, Spica. One way to find it is to follow the “arc” of the Big Dipper’s handle, high in the...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 5, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:24 AM Sunset: 7:22 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 58 minutes In spite of the mildest winter in the past 100 years, the third late-season snowstorm last year on this date in 2024, left residents of NY and northern New England wondering if spring would...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The First Quarter Moon makes its monthly appearance near the Twins of Gemini, but this month enjoys the added feature of the planet Mars, the bright, orange object below the Moon. The Twins stars Pollux, on the left, and Castor, on the right, mark the heads of...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 4, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:26 AM Sunset: 7:21 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 55 minutes This date in 1987 marked the start of a four day rain storm in southern Vermont and New Hampshire, the second in a week. Rainfall totals from the 4 through the 7th included 5.08 inches in...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown, rises into the east-northeast, one third of the way from the lower left of Arcturus, and to the upper right of Vega, just rising in the northeast. Its middle star, alternatively named Alpheca or, more appropriately Gemma,...
