Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, March 2nd.  The sun will rise at 7:17.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 14 minutes, setting at 6:32.   The moon, 2 days past first quarter, will set at 4:02 tomorrow morning.

Radio astronomy will be the topic of yours truly this evening at the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society’s monthly meeting at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory.  Prompted by my recent tour of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank West Virginia, I’ll overview this window on the universe that opened up after World War II.  Starting at 9 p.m. will be the monthly viewing night at the observatory.  On tap if its clear will be the moon and the planets Venus, Jupiter plus Mars at its closest this time around.  The Observatory is located south of Traverse City on Birmley Road off either Garfield or Keystone roads.

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

Addendum

The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) the largest steerable radio telescope in the world

This is located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, WV.  I visited there last November.