08/12/11 – Ephemeris – Star Party at the Port Oneida Fair
Friday, August 12th. The sun rises at 6:41. It’ll be up for 14 hours and 11 minutes, setting at 8:52. The moon, 1 day before full, will set at 6:37 tomorrow morning.
The Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will be part of the 10th Annual Port Oneida Rural Arts and Culture Fair, an event sponsored by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Tomorrow night the society will bring their telescopes to the Thoreson Farm on Thoreson Road of M22 North of Glen Arbor for a Star party beginning at 9:30 p.m. Thoreson Road is a loop off M22. On tap will be the full moon, and Saturn if skies permit early. Even though the full moon skies will be bright, there are plenty of wonders still visible in the telescopes. Early on yours truly will be talking about the state and advancements of astronomy during the heyday of the Port Oneida community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
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