by FLEK Admin | Feb 11, 2024 | NightSky
Today: This evening offers an opportunity to bid Saturn farewell to the evening skies until later in the year. In the twilight from 5:45 to 6 PM, the waxing Crescent Moon appears low in the west-southwest. Now look to its lower right, just above a relatively low,...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 10, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:57 AM Sunset: 5:13 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 16 minutes On this date in 1857, after some of the most severe cold known in January, thawing rains caused rivers to break up, and much flooding followed.
by FLEK Admin | Feb 10, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Looking due east at 6:30 this evening, Leo the Lion begins to climb above the horizon, with the Twins of Gemini much higher. About halfway between them, search for a faint sprinkling of stars, called the “Beehive”, a swarm of stars in the faint constellation...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:58 AM Sunset: 5:11 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 13 minutes On this date in 1969, heavy snow was piling up, driven by strong winds, the first of two tremendous snowstorms that month. 20 inches was measured in Bethlehem and Rumney, NH, while Vernon, VT...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The most distant object human eyes can see, the Andromeda galaxy, appears as a faint smudge of light, one half of the way above the west-northwest horizon, as twilight ends after 7 o’clock this evening. It appears between the stars of Andromeda, and her...
