Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, September 7th.  The sun will rise at 7:12.  It’ll be up for 12 hours and 54 minutes, setting at 8:07.   The moon, 1 day before last quarter, will rise at 11:44 this evening.

This evening the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will hold its monthly meeting at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory at 8 p.m..  On tap will be viewing the amazing videos of the sun by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and other satellites.  A star party will begin at 9 p.m. at the observatory, running til 11 p.m.  There will be an alternate program if it’s cloudy.  Saturday night the will be a star party at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. That will star around 8 p.m. and last til 10 p.m.  It will take place at the Dune Climb parking lot off highway M109 south of Glen Haven.  Both if these star parties will feature the wonders of the summer Milky Way.

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