by FLEK Admin | Oct 11, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Ursa Major, better known as the Great Bear, is settling very low along the northern horizon during the evenings. The best known stars here are the Big Dipper, with the “bowl” of the Dipper part of the Bear’s body, and the “handle”...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 11, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 6:13 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes October and November are frequented by extended intervals of warm weather, sometimes called “Gossamer Summer”. Unlike other times of the year, these spells will set records for three or...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 10, 2023 | NightSky
Today: As Columbus Day transitions more and more to a celebration of indigenous people, we can look to the northeastern horizon just after 8 o’clock, where we can watch the Seven Starry Dancers rise, known also as the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades. This smudge...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 10, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:59 AM Sunset: 6:15 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes One of the more famous weather events in early New England history transpired on this date in 1804. Known as the Snow Hurricane, perhaps the greatest early season snow in northwestern New England,...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 9, 2023 | NightSky
Today: If you are up and going early tomorrow morning, be sure to look to the east-southeast from 5:30 to 6 o’clock. Unmistakeable will be a thinning Crescent Moon to the upper left of the stunning Venus. Looking more carefully between them, the star Regulus...
