Saturday, February 17, 2024
Waxing Gibbous 56% illuminated Rise: 11:40 AM Set: 10:53 PM The post Saturday, February 17, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 5:22 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 35 minutes Classic New England snow storms are often measured against the tremendous storm that struck all of New England on this date...
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Today: Orion boasts a fine collection of bright stars, including the bluish-white beacon to the lower right of his three belt stars. Rigel, meaning “left foot”, is classified as a blue supergiant,...
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Waxing Gibbous 66% illuminated Rise: 12:01 PM Set: none today The post Sunday, February 18, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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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...
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Today: Today marks the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto. Clyde Tombaugh was examining pictures taken through the telescope at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona in January, 1930, over a period of...
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Waxing Gibbous 76% illuminated Rise: 12:18 PM Set: 4:14 AM The post Monday, February 19, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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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...
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Today: At 7:10 this evening, looking straight up, a bright star marks the zenith, very top of the sky. Capella is the fourth brightest star we can see, though it is past its prime. Astronomers estimate...
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Extended Forecast | Significant/Hazardous Weather | Recreational Forecast | Detailed Discussion | Farm & Garden | Wind by Elevation | Temperature by Elevation Detailed Forecast This...
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Waxing Gibbous 84% illuminated Rise: 12:41 PM Set: 1:24 AM The post Tuesday, February 20, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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Sunrise: 6:42 AM Sunset: 5:26 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 44 minutes February of 1934 is the coldest February, and the second coldest month on record. Cold weather is most often dry, however on...
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Today: A growing, bright waxing Gibbous Moon starts the evening about halfway up in the east, climbing even higher through the darkening evening skies. With the darkness, a pair of stars are revealed...
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Waxing Gibbous 90% illuminated Rise: 2:25 PM Set: 5:42 AM The post Wednesday, February 21, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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Sunrise: 6:41 AM Sunset: 5:28 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 47 minutes The longest siege of arctic weather on modern records finally ended on this date in 1979. West Burke and Enosburg Falls...
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Today: Venus struggles to remain in view for the morning coffee crew, but tomorrow morning it would be worth taking one last look. You might use binoculars, or a spotting scope to find Mars, just to...
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Waxing Gibbous 95% illuminated Rise: 3:31 PM Set: 6:12 AM The post Thursday, February 22, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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Sunrise: 6:39 AM Sunset: 5:29 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 50 minutes 43 years ago on this date, in 1981, temperatures were reaching the 50s and 60s during the longest, warmest spell of weather...
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Today: George Washington’s actual birthday (not the holiday) would have seen the same stars in the same places, though the planets would have been different. Thanks to modern computer calculations, we...
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Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated Rise: 2:03 PM Set: 5:10 AM The post Friday, February 23, 2024 appeared first on Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium.
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