Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Tuesday, February 5th.  The sun will rise at 7:56.  It’ll be up for 10 hours and 1 minute, setting at 5:57.   The moon, 2 days past last quarter, will rise at 4:42 tomorrow morning.

The constellation Gemini, the Twins is visible high in the southeast at 9 p.m.  The namesake stars of the two lads, will be on the upper left edge of the constellation, diagonally aligned.  Castor is to the upper right, while Pollux, a slightly brighter star is below left.  Lines of stars from castor and Pollux to the lower right delineate the lads.  In Greek mythology Castor and Pollux were twins, and half brothers, Castor was fathered by a mere mortal, while Pollux was fathered by Zeus in the famous Leda and the swan affair.  The brothers, however were inseparable, and when Castor was killed during the quest for the Golden Fleece, Pollux pleaded with Zeus to let him die also.  Zeus granted his wish, so both appear in the sky together forever.

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

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Gemini and Orion. Created using Cartes du Ciel