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02/01/2013 – Ephemeris – Local astronomical events tonight

February 1, 2013

Ephemeris for Friday, February 1st.  The sun will rise at 8:00.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 50 minutes, setting at 5:51.   The moon, 2 days before last quarter, will rise at 12:15 tomorrow morning.

A Star Bowl quiz will be held this evening between the NMC Astronomy Club and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at this evening’s meeting of the society at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory.  The society will accept anyone to help us.  These NMC students are smart.  After the Star Bowl there will be a viewing night starting at 9 p.m.  On tap if its clear will be the planet Jupiter.  Orion and its great nebula, a star nursery only 1400 light years away will be a wonderful sight with its clouds and wisps of gas and dust illuminated by a clutch of hot baby stars.  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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