December 13, 2024

Sunrise: 7:17 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 54 minutes One of the snowiest winters of the 20th century got a late but impressive start on this date in 1915. A general snowfall of 1 to 2 feet across New York and Vermont diminished to less than 6...

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Today: A waxing Gibbous Moon nearly obscures its celestial company with its glow. Barely visible, to the Moon’s left, lie the cluster of stars known as the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades. Naturally, tonight would not be the ideal night for viewing, but next...

December 12, 2024

Sunrise: 7:17 AM Sunset: 4:11 PM Length of the day: 8 hours and 54 minutes Have you ever noticed how quiet it is when the snow is falling? Snow’s delicate and lacy structure is responsible for this. Those same fanciful crystals photographed by Wilson Bentley represent...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Today: Venus has progressed nicely in the southwest, edging higher and therefore visible in the darker part of the evening skies. Accompanying Venus, well to its left sparkles the less-well known star Fomalhaut, and directly above it shines Saturn. As Venus edges...