by FLEK Admin | Sep 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Venus and Jupiter dazzled early risers in August, and will continue to do so into September, though they continue to move apart, with the Earth’s orbit shifting us for a better view of Jupiter, as it climbs higher, while Venus’s orbit starts...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 1, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:13 AM Sunset: 7:26 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 13 minutes September arrives with summer still in place, both on the calendar, and according to the weather records fifteen years ago on this date, in 2010. A week of temperatures in the upper 80s and...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The planet Mercury reaches the end of its reasonable viewing window, barely visible, and quite low in the east-southeast from 5:35 to 5:45, and likely requires a pair of binoculars to find it. Mercury’s swift orbit of 88 days brings it back into the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 31, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Early risers this month have enjoyed an excellent display from Venus and Jupiter, but let’s give a nod to the “other” morning planet, the alwayss challenging Mercury, making a modest appearance within the morning twilight. Having as low and...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 31, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:12 AM Sunset: 7:28 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 16 minutes Until this past April, the last total eclipse of the sun to cross Vermont occurred on this date in 1932. The center of the eclipse dropped southeast from Quebec, through the Northeast Kingdom,...
