by FLEK Admin | Aug 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight is the projected peak of the Perseid meteor shower, part of a “double-feature” celestial show. This year’s view of the Perseids won’t be helped by the moon, which was full just three nights ago, and is still 84 percent illuminated. Even so,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 12, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:50 AM Sunset: 8:00 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 10 minutes The Dog Days are over! However, that is NOT a weather forecast. The Dog Days are so-named for the brightest star in our skies, prominent in our winter skies – the Dog Star, known as...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:49 AM Sunset: 8:01 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1949 the hottest summer in northern New England was experiencing the climax of a 5 day heat-wave. Temperatures were in the mid and upper 90s, the hottest being 99 degrees in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At about 9:15 this evening, the large, waning Gibbous Moon rises in the east, joined 25 minutes later by its solar system cousin Saturn. While they slide across the southern skies, the Persied meteors are approaching their peak, They’re best seen after...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper has settled into the northwest skies, about one third of the way up from the horizon at 8:45 this evening. Use the handle of the Big Dipper to “arc” westward to Arcturus, a brilliant orange-white star almost the same height, but in...
