by FLEK Admin | Jan 12, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:34 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 10 minutes A warm, thawing rain melted a very thin covering of snow on this date in 1980, delaying the arrival of steady snow cover until the 20th, the latest on modern records. Record temperatures for...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 11, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way Galaxy is a fine sight, but it is not the only galaxy – or large group of stars and star systems – we can see. At 7:00 PM this evening, looking due west, about two-thirds of the way up from the horizon, another galaxy can be seen as a...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 11, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 4:33 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 9 minutes The 10th and 11th of January, 1859 were among the coldest days of the 19th century. The temperature on the UVM campus on Professor Petty’s thermometer read -26 at 2 PM, and the intensity of the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 10, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way, known in the orient as the “River of Light”, is home to many bright stars, including Capella, a brilliant white star some 46 light-years away, the sixth brightest star in the skies. You’ll find it nearly overhead this evening at...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 10, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:31 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 6 minutes One of the most intense cold waves on modern record was in progress on this date in 1968. Subzero temperatures stretched over 5 consecutive days in Burlington resulting in the earliest freezing...
