by FLEK Admin | Jul 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At 10:15 this evening, the Scorpion’s tail is due south, extremely low above the horizon, yet even so, at its best viewing of the year. As the tail curls up to the left, the star on the end is called Shaula, from the Arabic meaning either “stinger” or...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:26 AM Sunset: 8:27 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 1 minutes The first of two tornadoes or severe storms let loose on the town of Enosburg Falls, Vermont on this date in 1907. Although information learned about tornadoes in the past few decades could...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper, found dangling by its handle in the northwest, is known by a number of other names. In England, as well as parts of eastern Europe, it is called the Plough, lowering into the north each fall to till in the crops, as well as a cart or wagon...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 20, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:25 AM Sunset: 8:28 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 3 minutes On this date in 1977 records and ice cream were melting rapidly. Both Burlington and St. Johnsbury topped out at 99 degrees, while Montpelier set its July record of 97 degrees. The heat was...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: On this day in 1969, millions of people on the Earth watched as one man, Neil Armstrong, became the first person to visit the Moon. Tonight the Moon won’t rise until after midnight, doing so in the east-northeast at around 1:50 AM, and somewhat surrounded...
