by FLEK Admin | May 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The still nearly-full Moon appears low in the southeast as the Sun sets, near its lowest position in the skies. Through the evening, it rides low over the southern horizon, joined about an hour later by the red star Antares, the “heart” the...
by FLEK Admin | May 12, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:27 AM Sunset: 8:07 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 40 minutes You might want to be careful, or at least consider the following, when locating your thermometer. The standard height for observing the temperature is five feet, but in a study done at UVM a...
by FLEK Admin | May 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: While the King and the Queen, Cepheus and Cassiopeia languish near the northern horizon, Draco, the Dragon has slithered higher into the northeast. Though his stars aren’t overly bright, look for his tail starting between the Big and Little Dippers, then...
by FLEK Admin | May 11, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:28 AM Sunset: 8:06 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 38 minutes In 1945, after record warmth in April. higher elevations in southern Vermont were blanketed in snow on this date. 15 inches was reported in Wilmington and Somerset, 13 inches in Cavendish, and...
by FLEK Admin | May 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Flower” Moon rises as the sun sets, climbing a bit higher and due southeast as darkness settles in by 9 o’clock or so, edging into the constellation Libra. Later this evening, after 11 o’clock, cast your gaze farther to the...
