Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Thursday, August 29th.  The sun will rise at 7:01.  It’ll be up for 13 hours and 22 minutes, setting at 8:23.   The moon, 1 day past last quarter, will rise at 1:33 tomorrow morning.

The first weekend of October Traverse City will play host to the Midwest Space Fest, a celebration of astronomy and space.  Venues include the State Theater, The ECCO Event Space and the Open Space.  The keynote speaker is the world-renowned astronomer Alex Fillipenko, seen on many science TV programs like the Universe.   He’ll talk about a hot topic: Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe.  Events kick off Friday evening at the State Theater for a film and star talks explaining the starry ceiling of the theater.  This will be followed by a launch party or a star party at the Rogers Observatory.  Saturday is Dr. Fillipenko’s talk and observing the sun and stars at the open space.  There’s more information at www.magnorth.org.

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

Addendum

Midwest Space Fest card