Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, March 1st.  The sun will rise at 7:19.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 11 minutes, setting at 6:30.   The moon, 3 days before last quarter, will rise at 11:16 this evening.

Yours truly will present a talk, about the prospects for viewing Comet PanSTARRS at this evening’s meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory starting at 8 p.m.  Comet PanSTARRS will appear low in the western sky starting about March 11th.  It is turning out at this point in time to be somewhat dimmer than expected.  But one thing about comets is that the do the unexpected.  I’ll also look at the asteroid close approach and the  destructive Russian meteor.  Starting at 9 p.m. Is our February star party at the observatory.  Highlights, if its clear will be the planet Jupiter and  the wonders of the winter sky including the Great Orion Nebula.  All are welcome.

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