by FLEK Admin | Jan 29, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Before the Moon rises later this eveng, take a look below the feet of Orion, where a relative unknown constellation appears – Lepus, the Hare. At 9:00 PM this evening, when Orion and the Hare are due south, look below Orion’s feet for the face of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 29, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:11 AM Sunset: 4:56 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 45 minutes Following 1816’s Year Without A Summer, the fall was mild, lasting into early January, 1817. But starting mid-month, cold and snowy weather began a six week siege that would make February of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 28, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Looking overhead at 8:35 PM this evening, you’ll find the fourth brightest star we can see from our northern latitudes, the outstanding Capella. Below Capella, Orion is unmistakable, while the red star Aldebaran sparkles to Orion’s right, and to the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 28, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:12 AM Sunset: 4:55 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 43 minutes 1844 featured a week of bitter cold weather from the 25th to February 1st, perhaps the longest of the 19th century. Minimum temperatures in Randolph, VT were -6, -26, -36, -42, -34, -32, -35,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 27, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Gibbous Moon, two days past Full, climbs into the east-northeast by 7 o’clock. Just to the right, and a bit higher than the Moon, the bluish-white star Regulus emerges, with the pair close to one quarter of the way up, due east, near 8:30 PM. They...
