Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, July 12th.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 17 minutes, setting at 9:26.   The moon, 3 days before first quarter, will set at 11:22 this evening.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:09.

Tomorrow night there will be a star party at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore starting at 9 p.m.  It will be hosted by the park rangers and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society.  The location this time will be at Platte River Point at the end of Lake Michigan Road off M22, at the end of the road where the Platte River Camp Ground is..  The celestial objects featured will be Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon.  Also some of the brighter deep sky wonders will be visible later in the evening.  This will be the first use of the society’s new CCD camera to display celestial wonders to those who can’t view due to handicap. We still have some bugs to work out.  The star party will be canceled if cloudy.  Call 326-5135 extension 331 for the status.

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