Friday, November 28, 2025

Today: Looking due east, two-thirds of the way up from the horizon at 5:30 PM, the middle star of Andromeda marks her waist, joined by a star of similar brightness to the upper right for her head, and another marking her foot to the lower left. Follow two fainter...

November 27, 2025

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 4:14 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 13 minutes Over a century ago, in 1899, a severe nor’easter wreaked havoc throughout New England. Heavy snow was blown into great drifts, and measured two feet on the level in southern New Hampshire, and...

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Today: Between 5:30 and 6 PM, look about halfway up in the northeastern sky. Here lies a constellation within which Perseus hold he head of the Medusa in his left hand; in the Medusa’s right eye shines the binary star Algol, “The Ghoul”. Between 7:44...

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Today: For tomorrow’s Thanksgiving holiday, we celebrate the harvest and the riches of the soil. A along the northern horizon a low and level view show will show the Big Dipper. In the British Isles, it is imagined as a plough, with the bowl of the Dipper...

November 26, 2025

Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 4:15 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 15 minutes A sharp change in the weather pattern struck on this date in 1938. The first week of the month had featured record warmth. Then, following a powerful snowstorm on the 24th that dropped 10 to 20...