Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Friday, November 12th.*  The sun will rise at 7:35.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 42 minutes, setting at 5:17.   The moon, 1 day before first quarter, will set at 11:26 this evening.

Tomorrow night the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society and NMC Astronomy Club will host a public viewing night at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory starting at 9 p.m.  On tap, if it’s clear, will be the moon, and the planets Jupiter and possibly Uranus which will appear near Jupiter.  There are also some interesting binary stars and star clusters visible including the famous Double Cluster, and using binoculars or telescope finder scopes, the even more famous Pleiades or Seven Sisters may be seen.  The NMC Astronomy Club has hand on activities for visitors, especially the kids, in case of cloudy skies. The observatory is located south of Traverse City, on Birmley Road between Garfield and Keystone roads.

* Times, as always are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.