Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, September 6th.  The sun will rise at 7:11.  It’ll be up for 12 hours and 58 minutes, setting at 8:09.   The moon, 1 day past new, will set at 8:27 this evening.

This evening at the regular monthly meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society Dr. David Penney will give a talk about our stellar neighborhood, the most populous stars in which are red dwarf stars.  No red dwarf star has died of old age since the big bang.  Their life span is calculated to be in trillions of years.  The meeting is at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory.  Starting at 9 p.m. there will be a star party at the observatory.  Tomorrow night society will host a star party at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore if its clear.  Viewing starts at 9 p.m. at the parking lot of the Dunes Climb.  This will be a good time to discover the star clusters and nebulae of the summer Milky Way.

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

Addendum

The GTAS at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s Platte River Point, April, 2012. Credit Eileen Carlisle.