by FLEK Admin | Jun 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: If you can find an unobstructed horizon to the north-northwest, then you might be able briefly glimpse a slender, waxing Crescent Moon side-by-side with the planet Mercury, starting near 9:20 through about 9:45 PM. Mercury will appear to the left of the Moon,...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 25, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:08 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 30 minutes Unusual weather – even for our area – makes a unique entry in the record books on this date in 1983. Thunderstorms developed due to some very cold air above. This meant hail...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The next ten days feature a challenge for planet gazers in the western skies. You’ll need a low, level view to the west-northwest where, close to 9:30 each evening through the 4th of July, the reluctant planet Mercury manages to shine as a spark of light...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 24, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes On this date in 1988, following record heat in the middle of the month, cold air sent the mercury down into the 30s, setting a record low in Montpelier at 39. Elsewhere it dropped to 36 in...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Today is St. John’s Day – Midsummer’s Day in ancient traditions. One of the features of the summer skies is a trio of bright stars known as the Summer Triangle. Look in the east after 10 o’clock, where the brightest and highest of the three stars, Vega,...
