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12/10/10 – Ephemeris – Viewing night at the NMC Observatory

December 10, 2010

Friday, December 10th.  The sun will rise at 8:08.  It’ll be up for 8 hours and 53 minutes, setting at 5:02.   The moon, 3 days before first quarter, will set at 10:15 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 8 p.m.  On tap, if it’s clear, will be the moon, and the planet Jupiter.  There are also the Great Orion Nebula, The closest star nursery, a cloud of gas and dust where stars form.  Also on tap can be 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 hands 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 are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

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