by FLEK Admin | May 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: With Mother’s Day tomorrow, look to the southern skies, where you’ll find the constellation Virgo, often connected to the Greek goddess of agriculture, Demeter, and the mother of Persphone. Demeter is overjoyed each Spring as her daughter returns...
by FLEK Admin | May 9, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:31 AM Sunset: 8:04 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 33 minutes Tornadoes are rare across the region, especially in May, however on this date in 2009, a small tornado briefly dropped out of a strong thunderstorm as it moved through the village of...
by FLEK Admin | May 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A large, waxing Gibbous Moon pays a visit to the bluish-white beacon Spica as they emerge from the twilight between 8:45 and 9:00 this evening. Starting in the south-southeast, they crest due south at 11:00, then settling lower in the southwest, setting near...
by FLEK Admin | May 8, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:32 AM Sunset: 8:02 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 30 minutes This date in 1803 made quite an impression on those living in southern Vermont and New Hampshire. A cold rain turned to snow as a storm tracked through the Ohio Valley, then up the east coast....
by FLEK Admin | May 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Very high in the north, nearly overhead, the seven stars of the Big Dipper, while close to the northern horizon, with a low and level view, you find the stars of the Queen, Cassiopeia, in the form of a “W”-shaped pattern. The Big Dipper and the...
