Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Friday, February 4th.  The sun will rise at 7:58.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 57 minutes, setting at 5:55.   The moon, 2 days past new, will set at 7:53 this evening.

A star Bowl quiz will be held this evening between the NMC astronomy club and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at this evening’s meeting of the society at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory.  The NMC folks are really smart being in or freshly out of professor Dobek’s astronomy class.  We’re going to lose so bad.  Come in and watch the carnage annd learn sone cool astronomy facts..  Tomorrow night the groups bury the hatchet and will both host a public viewing night starting at 8 p.m.  On tap will be the planet Jupiter early, and the Great Orion Nebula, a place where stars are even now forming.. 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.