by FLEK Admin | Oct 4, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:52 AM Sunset: 6:26 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes The earliest heavy snowfall on modern record dumped up to 20 inches across the higher elevations of southwest Vermont, including 18 inches in Pownal on this date, in 1987. The snow was primarily...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 3, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Directly overhead this evening at 8:40 PM is Deneb, the tail of the Swan, or the top of the Northern Cross. Although Deneb appears as the faintest star of the Summer Triangle, it is by far the most powerful. While Vega shines 40 times brighter than our Sun, and...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 3, 2023 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:50 AM Sunset: 6:27 PM Length of the day: 11 hours 1 minutes Early snowfalls are not always the signal of a tough winter on the way. Three inches of snow fell on this date in 1780 in Pomfret according to Jonathan Carpenter’s diary, and while the previous...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 2, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Autumn has not discouraged the Summer Triangle, just given us a different view. Seen crossing overhead near midnight in the summer, it now appears overhead in the evening. Look for the faintest of the three stars, Deneb, close to the zenith this evening, while...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 2, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Autumn has not discouraged the Summer Triangle, just given us a different view. Seen crossing overhead near midnight in the summer, it now appears overhead in the evening. Look for the faintest of the three stars, Deneb, close to the zenith this evening, while...
