by FLEK Admin | Oct 12, 2024 | NightSky
Today: When Columbus landed in the Bahamas on this date in 1492, he used the North Star to determine his location. However, he mistakenly used the star Alderamin in Cepheus, and thought he landed near what is now Boston. Either tropical breezes, or an able assistant,...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 12, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 6:11 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 10 minutes Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas on this date in 1492, and I wanted to note his meteorological connections, as he was the first European to write about a storm, known to the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 11, 2024 | MoonPhase
Waxing Gibbous 55% illuminated Rise: 3:32 PM Set: none today
by FLEK Admin | Oct 11, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Over the next week, a comet rises into the western skies, called Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. As long as it survives it passage around the Sun at the end of September, its climbs higher each evening, very low and in the twilight near due west this evening, its tail...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 11, 2024 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 6:13 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 13 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...
