by FLEK Admin | Feb 27, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Overnight tonight, the planet Mercury passes directly behind the Sun, a position called Superior Conjunction. A conjunction refers to any two celestial objects that pass within close proximity from our viewpoint, though, in reality, they can be millions of...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 26, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:32 AM Sunset: 5:34 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 2 minutes A storm from the 26th to the 27th in 1869 marked the third big dumping of snow of a very snowy month. By month’s end Randolph, VT reported 37.5 inches, and Woodstock, VT totaled 40...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 26, 2024 | NightSky
Today: In the early evening, before the Moon rises after 7:30, four brilliant stars form a diamond-shaped figure halfway up in the south-southeast early this evening. At the bottom is Sirius, the very brightest star, while the orange-hued Betelgeuse shines at the top....
by FLEK Admin | Feb 25, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:34 AM Sunset: 5:33 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 59 minutes An interesting weather note is found in the records for this date in 1936. 3 inches of brown, dirty snow had fallen from the sky as noted in a St. Johnsbury diary, most likely due to dust...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 25, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Brilliant moonlight will hamper stargazers this evening, but the trio of bright stars marking Orion’s Belt should be easy to spot, due south in the evenings near 7:10 PM. The star on the left, Alnitak, is actually a triplet of stars, the two primary stars...
