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Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium and
Vermont Public Radio with support from the Partnership
for a Nation of Learners, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Institute of Museum and Library
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EYE ON THE NIGHT SKY |
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What have you seen in the night sky? Check here for what's visible in our late summer skies and to find out about Eye on the Night Sky events across Vermont. Questions about the cosmos? Post your comment on the Night Sky blog. |
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SIGNS OF SPRING |
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This winter has featured plenty of snow and ice, but spring will not wait! Many signs of spring are showing up, so share yours with the VPR community, returning birds, changes in the landscape, sugaring, flowers, and many other things that let us know the seasons are changing... |
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ALMANAC |
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May 9th began the daylight hours with a sunrise at 5:30, and will finish up with a sunset at 8:04, the length of the day 14 hours and 34 minutes.
Mercury is putting on its best show of the year in the evening skies during the next ten days or so. Look for a bright spark of light in the west-northwest, about a hand-width above the level horizon between 8:45 and 9:30. It will climb a little higher, but also get a little dimmer through the middle of the month.
Jupiter rises just after 1:30 AM, and is low in the southeast during the arrival of the morning twilight.
Saturn is high in the south by 9:30. To the right of Saturn is the star Regulus in the constellation Leo, the Lion.
Mars is now climbing a little higher than the Twin stars of Gemini, and will pass through the faint cluster of stars called the Beehive on the 22nd and 23rd. It then moves on, heading closer to the pairing of Saturn and Regulus as we move into summer.
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