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07/28/11 – Ephemeris – GTAS Night at the Lanphier Observatory

July 28, 2011

Thursday, July 28th.  The sun rises at 6:24.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 48 minutes, setting at 9:12.   The moon, 2 days before new, will rise at 5:08 tomorrow morning.

The Lanphier Observatory in Glen Arbor is open Wednesday and Thursday nights through August but only on clear evenings from 10 to midnight.  The observatory is located close to the beach at the Leelanau School, just east of Glen Arbor on M22.  I was asked by Norm Wheeler, who is the director of the observatory to help him out tonight, so I’m also inviting the crew over from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society to help out with me.  The Delta Aquarid meteor shower is reaching peak around now.  These will seem to come from the southeast in the morning.  Also beginning to show themselves in the Perseid meteor shower.  The full moon will dim their maximum on August 12th, but early meteors can be seen from now until then when the moon isn’t up.

* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

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