Saturday, February 21, 2026

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...

February 21, 2026

Sunrise: 6:41 AM Sunset: 5:28 PM Length of day: 10 hours and 47 minutes The longest siege of arctic weather on modern records finally ended on this date in 1979. West Burke and Enosburg Falls recorded 18 straight mornings of below zero temperatures, dropping as low as...

Friday, February 20, 2026

Today: While the Moon is still thin, notice that the Milky Way arches from southeast, between the stars of Orion on the right, and the celestial dogs on the left, then overhead, dropping back down into the northwest. The Milky Way is much fainter and more subtle this...