by FLEK Admin | Mar 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Twins of Gemini remain the hosts of the red planet Mars this month, though you can watch Mars drift to the left or east during the last two weeks of the month. Meanwhile, the waxing Gibbous Moon, well to the right of Mars and Gemini tonight, progresses east...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 6, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:19 AM Sunset: 5:45 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 26 minutes Following record warmth in February, on this date, in 1984, thermometers tumbled below zero for the first of seven days in a row in most northern valleys in Vermont and New Hampshire. This is...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the south this evening are two “twin” stars, the Twins of Gemini. The stars of Gemini are the location where the planet Uranus was discovered in March of 1781 by Sir William Herschel. Uranus was last in Gemini between 1950 and 1956. Its 84 year...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 5, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:20 AM Sunset: 5:44 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 24 minutes The first of two heavy snowfalls came over 50 years ago on this date, in 1971, part of four very snowy winters in a row, and in many locations the snowiest winter on record. This included the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Looking west early this evening, the Moon appears almost half-full, just one day shy of its First Quarter. This larger, brighter view of our silvery neighbor makes it challenging to see the faint cluster of stars just below it. Patience, and perhaps a spotting...
