by FLEK Admin | Aug 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The dark skies near the New Moon reveal the splendors of the Milky Way arched over the top of the sky. Directly overhead, notice there are lighter and darker patches of light within the star fields of the Milky Way. The stars are evenly distributed, but vast...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:01 AM Sunset: 7:45 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 44 minutes On this date in 1925, autumn was getting ahead of itself as scattered frost edged into the colder mountain valleys. Somerset, high in the southern Green Mountains dropped to 26. Most other...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In this evening’s twilight, look to the west-southwest, and you’ll see a tall and nearly isosceles triangle. First dangling low on the horizon, and nearly due west, is Mars. Farther toward the southwest shines the bluish/white star Spica. Much higher in the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 20, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:59 AM Sunset: 7:47 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 48 minutes Looking back to this date in 1955, just one week following heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Connie, the remnants of Hurricane Diane sent more heavy rain, but most of northern New...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Low in the east-northeast, tomorrow morning holds a curious view for early risers. A thin Crescent Moon will rise above the horizon at around 4:15 AM. Twenty minutes later, the planet Mercury will do the same, appearing just below the moon. Their best view...
