by FLEK Admin | Feb 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Jupiter’s pairing with the waxing Gibbous Moon this evening, cresting high in the south near 7:10 PM, brings up some interesting details about Jupiter and its own moon. Jupiter hosts an astounding 95 moons by last count, most of which were named for...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 5, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:03 AM Sunset: 5:06 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 3 minutes This is the date when Lake Champlain freezes over, using averages that extend back to 1816, though the lake does not freeze completely every winter. The colder weather of the 19th century, and...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the southern sky by 6:30 PM, you can view the First Quarter Moon, well to the right of the brilliant Jupiter, somewhat subdued by our orbiting companion. Higher, but toward the east, one of the brightest stars in the heavens, Capella, heads to the very...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 4, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:05 AM Sunset: 5:04 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 59 minutes On this date in 1869, a heavy snow storm dumped 19 inches in Stratford, NH, and 22 inches in Craftsbury, VT. Thunderstorms reported in Hillsboro Co., NH at Antrim and Goffstown. Snow depths...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Orion is in the south this evening, his left foot (on the right as we face him) denoted by the star Rigel, which is Arabic for “left foot”. The bright star that marks his right shoulder (on our left) is called Betelgeuse, also Arabic, though its...
