by FLEK Admin | Feb 18, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:45 AM Sunset: 5:24 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 39 minutes The biggest storm of a snowy February came to an end on this date in 1952. The snowfall of 28 inches in Northfield brought snow levels to 40 inches on the ground. In the southern Green...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 18, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Today marks the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto. Clyde Tombaugh was examining pictures taken through the telescope at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona in January, 1930, over a period of days. One of the “stars” in the image moved while the stars remained...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 17, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 5:22 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 35 minutes Classic New England snow storms are often measured against the tremendous storm that struck all of New England on this date in 1958. As a storm, it wasn’t until 1993 that winter storm...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 17, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Orion boasts a fine collection of bright stars, including the bluish-white beacon to the lower right of his three belt stars. Rigel, meaning “left foot”, is classified as a blue supergiant, estimated to be 860 light years, and emitting approximately 200...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 16, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:48 AM Sunset: 5:21 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 33 minutes One of the coldest mornings on modern record occurred on this date in 1943. Although the month had been mild, including 45 in Bennington on the 14th, temperatures fell to record levels by the...
