by FLEK Admin | Jul 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: I know talking about Mercury is problematic, but assuming that one could see it within a few minutes after sunset, there’s then quite a string from there through Regulus, Mars, The Moon, and Spica. But then again, the projection of the sky that’s done via...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 30, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 28 minutes Wet weather in June 1973 climaxed during the last few days, producing over 6 inches of rain in many locations during the 29th and 30th, resulting in widespread flooding, killing two people....
by FLEK Admin | Jun 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper is beginning to drop a little into the northwestern skies from its position at the top of the sky in May. A legend from the Seneca Tribe tells us that the bowl of the dipper is really a bear, with the closest star to the bowl a hunter with a bow...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 29, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:09 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 29 minutes June of 1919 was famous for an early season heat wave that featured some of Vermont’s hottest weather on record. But over a century ago on this date, the weather did a flip-flop, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: This evening it’s all about the Moon and Mars. As the glow of the evening twilight dims after 9:30, our satellite very nearly obscures (occults) the Red Planet, the pair one quarter of the way up in the western sky. Mars will appear nearly at the top point of...
