by FLEK Admin | May 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Spica, due south at 10 o’clock this evening, will help guide you to the stars of Corvus, the Crow. Well to the lower right of Spica, look for an odd shaped “box” of stars. The lower left star is the tail of the Crow, while the three other stars...
by FLEK Admin | May 22, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:18 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 1 minutes The first heat wave of a hot summer was underway on this date in 1911. Temperatures warmed quickly to the 70s and 80s during the first three weeks of May. Then, starting on the 21st,...
by FLEK Admin | May 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Early risers get their reward in the blush of morning twilight over the next few mornings, thanks to a visual treat from the thinning Crescent of the Moon, its slender form to the upper right of the brilliant Venus, best viewed from 4 to 4:30, and accompanied...
by FLEK Admin | May 21, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:17 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 0 minutes Cold fronts can still pack a wallop this time of year, but you’d be hard pressed to find a more dramatic change than what happened this week back in 1906. The temperature soared to 92 in...
by FLEK Admin | May 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Saturn continues to rise a few minutes earlier each night, breaking the eastern horizon just before 3 AM tomorrow morning, although not alone, the Waning Crescent Moon having risen 30 minutes before the ringed world. As they rise a bit higher by 4...
