Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, August 9th.  The sun rises at 6:38.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 18 minutes, setting at 8:56.   The moon, 3 days past new, will set at 9:55 this evening.

This weekend is packed with events by the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society starting tonight with Friday Night Live on Front Street in Traverse City.  We’ll start by looking at the sun if it’s clear, and at Saturn as night falls.  Tomorrow night its a Star Party and meteor watch at Thoreson Farm at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore see the map at http://www.gtastro.org for location.  Sunday night it’s Meteors and S’mores at Leelanau State Park.  The Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak between 2 and 4 Monday afternoon, but we’re already seeing its meteors, which seem to come from the northeastern sky.  The moon really won’t interfere until Monday night before midnight, so this is an excellent year for the Perseid meteor shower.

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

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Friday Nite Live

Map to Thoreson Farm, northeast of Glen Arbor.