09/27/2013 – Ephemeris – The GTAS will be at the Acme Fall Festival tomorrow
Ephemeris for Friday, September 27th. The sun will rise at 7:35. It’ll be up for 11 hours and 54 minutes, setting at 7:30. The moon, 1 day past last quarter, will rise at 1:11 tomorrow morning. | The Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will be at the Acme Fall Festival tomorrow, that’s Saturday September 28th from 10 to 5 p.m. It will be held at Flintfields on Bates Road, north of M72. The society members will bring their telescopes which will be used to view the sun if it’s clear. There will also be exhibits of astronomical photos from NASA, professional and our own amateur astronomers. As the festival year winds down and the school year begins members of the society can bring astronomy and space to the classroom. Plus the society is beginning to plan for next year. Contact the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society via email at info@gtastro.org for information or to set up a date and topic.
Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog 
Hi
I saw what had to be a very large meteor yesterday morning (Sept. 26) at about 7:05 A.M. It went from west to east. I was driving south when I saw it. I was near the intersection of M72 and Gray Rd. Have you heard from anyone else who saw it. It lasted at least 5 seconds.
To Sean Palmer,
I haven’t heard anything local. However though a couple of days later a very bright meteor was seen in several states centered on Ohio. We get these events all the time, though individual sightings seem rare. When I was a youngster with a morning paper route in the winter I saw lots of really bright meteors. I even say at least one fragment as I watched. The morning is a prime time to spot bright meteors due to the Bugs-on-the Windshield effect. Not a lot of meteors can overtake the earth to hit it in the evening. They have to overtake the earth and are generally moving slow in the sky. However in the morning we are facing the direction of the earth’s motion of about 19 1/2 miles per second, so see more bugs… er meteoroids splat into the earths atmosphere. In your case apparently no one else either saw or reported it. However it’s really cool.
Bob Moler
Thanks for your reply. It was easily the brightest meteor I’ve ever seen. I was a little scared it might be an airplane burning and crashing.