by FLEK Admin | Feb 1, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The waning Moon doesn’t rise until a few minutes after midnight, allowing dark evening skies to reveal the splendors of the Milky Way arched over the top of the sky. Early this evening, in the midst of the Milky Way and directly overhead near 8:20 PM, the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 31, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Near 11:15 PM this evening, a waning Gibbous Moon lifts into the east-southeast in the company of the steely-blue star Spica, their second encounter this month. They’ll be a bit higher as February arrives at midnight, continuing into the southeast by 2:00...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 31, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:09 AM Sunset: 4:59 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 50 minutes Because the thermometer drops below zero more times in January than any other month, many of us perform that morning ritual of looking at the thermometer to check the temperature. The red...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 30, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Orion continues to “stand tall”, high in the south at 9 o’clock this evening. Looking below his characteristic belt of three stars, you’ll find a star-like patch of light, suggesting a sword or scabbard. Rather than a star, this is the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 30, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:10 AM Sunset: 4:57 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 47 minutes One to two feet of snow blanketed the region on this date in 1990, the second storm in a week, after a very mild start to the month resulting in a very thin snow cover on the hills, and much...
