Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Today: On the next clear night, it should be quite easy to find the brightest star – the North Star, right? No! As you scan the skies, tonight our brightest star emerges from the twilight in the southeast near 6:00 PM, and will be due south at 8:35 PM. You are...

February 19, 2025

Sunrise: 6:44 AM Sunset: 5:25 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 41 minutes It was on this date in 1972 blizzard conditions swept all of northern New England as a powerful nor’easter passed over Cape Cod, raking the coastal sections of New England with winds...

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Today: The waning Moon doesn’t rise until a few minutes after midnight, allowing dark evening skies to reveal the splendors of the Milky Way arched over the top of the sky. Early this evening, in the midst of the Milky Way and directly overhead near 7:20 PM, the...

February 18, 2025

Sunrise: 6:45 AM Sunset: 5:24 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 39 minutes The biggest storm of a snowy February came to an end on this date in 1952. The snowfall of 28 inches in Northfield brought snow levels to 40 inches on the ground. In the southern Green...