Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, April 5th.  The sun will rise at 7:15.  It’ll be up for 12 hours and 59 minutes, setting at 8:15.   The moon, 2 days past last quarter, will rise at 5:06 tomorrow morning.

Trixie and Kevin Pickard will preset a program this evening entitled Heavenly Signs at this evening’s meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory starting at 8 p.m.  Trixie has been one of our members since she was in high school.    Her main interest has been the manned space program.  But I am assured that this topic is not about that.  Starting at 9 p.m. Is our March 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.  Towards the end of the evening Saturn will rise.  It will be rather low in the sky and fuzzy.  But it is Saturn after all.  All are welcome.

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