Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, May 4th.  The sun rises at 6:27.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 23 minutes, setting at 8:51.   The moon, 1 day before full, will set at 5:48 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.  This is a rescheduling of a talk that was scheduled for the first Friday in March when we had the big snow storm.  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,  Mars and Saturn.  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.

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GBT: The Green Bank radio Telescope at The national Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank WV.

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