by FLEK Admin | Jun 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: June finds the Milky Way just beginning to return to the skies in the east, surrounded by the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle. The Milky Way will climb a little higher each evening,, allowing the skies to feature increasingly better views of the faint...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 3, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:09 AM Sunset: 8:29 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 20 minutes Residents of Rutland who can recall the 1940s, will remember well what happened on this date in 1947. Three to 4 inches of rain fell from the 2nd into the 3rd, discharging so much water into...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: New on the scene this month is an old favorite, the Summer Triangle. Near 10 o’clock, the brightest star of this trio, Vega, is in the east, about two thirds of the way up from the horizon. Deneb is much lower and in the northeast, to Vega’s left....
by FLEK Admin | Jun 2, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:09 AM Sunset: 8:28 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 19 minutes Waters were just starting to recede on this date in 1952 after heavy rains throughout Vermont brought widespread damage to bridges, roads, and utility services. Coming on the heels of soaking...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In the western sky at sunset, the Moon’s position has shifted noticeably left of last night’s companion, the star Regulus. Meanwhile, Regulus is in nearly the same position relative to Mars, with Mars still in the west. But as Leo, the Lion’s...
