by FLEK Admin | Jan 19, 2024 | NightSky
Today: High in the northern skies Cassiopeia, the Queen rules from her throne. Finding first the zig-zag of stars that looks like an “M” this time of year, use the fainter stars to perhaps see an upside down throne, the tall back angling lower to the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 19, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:20 AM Sunset: 4:42 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 22 minutes This date holds its place in New England weather records as Cold Friday, after the severe blast of cold air that arrived on January 19th, 1810. Thermometers were not common, so no record of a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 18, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As the twilight ebbs from the western skies, Jupiter enjoys a rendezvous with the waxing Gibbous Moon, just one day past its First Quarter. The pair are quite high in the southeast near 5:15 PM, and crest due south an hour later, two-thirds of the way up from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 18, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:21 AM Sunset: 4:41 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 20 minutes The famous “snow-eating” thaw of 1996 was underway on this date. Heavy snowfall from December into early January brought snow depths of 18 to 30 inches throughout the region. But a series of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 17, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Due east at 8:10 this evening, about half-way up from the horizon, the twin stars of Gemini mark the heads of Castor, above, and Pollux, below. The twins have a rich collection of mythology, often as sons of Leda, but having different fathers – Zeus and...
