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03/04/11 – Ephemeris – Local astronomy events in Traverse City

March 4, 2011

Friday, March 4th.  The sun will rise at 7:15.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 18 minutes, setting at 6:33.  The moon is new today, and won’t be visible.

A look at the forgotten planets Uranus and Neptune will be given by Chris Snyder of the Northwestern Michigan College Astronomical Association at this evening’s meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory.  These two planets were last closely studied by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the 1980’s, though the Hubble space telescope and other telescopes have been keeping tabs on them.  Tomorrow night both groups will 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, and a look at the rising planet Saturn later on.  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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