by FLEK Admin | May 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A large, waxing Gibbous Moon pays a visit to the bluish-white beacon Spica as they emerge from the twilight between 8:45 and 9:00 this evening. Starting in the south-southeast, they crest due south at 11:00, then settling lower in the southwest, setting near...
by FLEK Admin | May 8, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:32 AM Sunset: 8:02 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 30 minutes This date in 1803 made quite an impression on those living in southern Vermont and New Hampshire. A cold rain turned to snow as a storm tracked through the Ohio Valley, then up the east coast....
by FLEK Admin | May 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Very high in the north, nearly overhead, the seven stars of the Big Dipper, while close to the northern horizon, with a low and level view, you find the stars of the Queen, Cassiopeia, in the form of a “W”-shaped pattern. The Big Dipper and the...
by FLEK Admin | May 7, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:33 AM Sunset: 8:01 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 28 minutes 28 years ago on this date in 1997, it was snowing! A very slow start to spring was thrown for yet another loop as snow piled up over the higher elevations. 2.5 inches fell in Kirby, VT, with 4...
by FLEK Admin | May 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A very large diamond of bright objects should get your attention in the west on the next clear evening. Lowest, though quite bright as twilight fades after 9 o’clock, Orion’s shoulder star Betelgeuse is due west, flanked to the upper right by the...
