by FLEK Admin | May 14, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Late this evening, near 10:30, lowering toward the northwestern horizon shines a sparkling, flashing object, with random flares of green, or red, or blue. No, it is not a UFO, but the bright star Capella. Bright stars, when they are near the horizon, have their...
by FLEK Admin | May 13, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:26 AM Sunset: 8:08 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 42 minutes Severe weather is not common across our region at any time of year, and when it does occur it’s most likely to be in mid-summer. But on this date in 1866, a powerful thunderstorm unleashed a...
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...
