by FLEK Admin | Jul 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Draco, the Dragon is not as well known as its neighbors – the Big and Little Dippers, or Big and Little Bears – but it is a beautiful pattern to find in the sky. Look between the two Dippers to see a thin line of faint stars that hooks half-way...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 1, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 28 minutes July represents the pinnacle of summer through the North Country. Days remain long, but by month’s end we will lose an hour and 20 minutes of daylight. Temperatures don’t vary much through the...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 30, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:10 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 28 minutes Wet weather in June 1973 climaxed during the last few days, producing over 6 inches of rain in many locations during the 29th and 30th, resulting in widespread flooding, killing two people....
by FLEK Admin | Jun 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper is beginning to drop a little into the northwestern skies from its position at the top of the sky in May. A legend from the Seneca Tribe tells us that the bowl of the dipper is really a bear, with the closest star to the bowl a hunter with a bow...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: This evening it’s all about the Moon and Mars. As the glow of the evening twilight dims after 9:30, our satellite very nearly obscures (occults) the Red Planet, the pair one quarter of the way up in the western sky. Mars will appear nearly at the top point of...
