by FLEK Admin | Jan 9, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Orion, easily seen even on a moonlit night, displays some if his fainter features near the dark of the Moon. Below Orion’s three bright “belt stars” dangles a sword. Follow the line of his belt to the upper right, where a modest curved line of...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 9, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:30 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 5 minutes On this date in 1866, Craftsbury, VT finally rose above zero for the first time in 6 days. A push of arctic air arrived on the night of the 4th, but rather than extremely low numbers, this...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 8, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Mercury continues its early morning display for early risers tomorrow morning. As you enjoy your first cup of coffee, Mercury shines low but bright above a low, level southeast horizon from 6:15 through 6:40 AM, not to be confused with the much brighter, much...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 8, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 4:29 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 4 minutes Over a quarter century ago, Vermont’s most severe ice storm in history was underway on this date, in 1998. By the time it was over, 2 to 5 inches of ice throughout the Champlain Valley,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 7, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The thinning Crescent Moon again joins Venus and the red star Antares, but this time appears just to the right of the red star from 5:45 until 6:30, when the twilight overwhelms the scene. To their lower left, even closer to the horizon, the planet Mercury...
