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07/07/223 – Ephemeris – GTAS meeting and presentation: Observing the summer skies with the naked-eye

July 7, 2023

This is Ephemeris for Friday, July 7th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 25 minutes, setting at 9:30, and it will rise tomorrow at 6:05. The Moon, 2 days before last quarter, will rise at 12:38 tomorrow morning.

Viewing Summer skies with just your Eyes will be the presentation by Robert Carroll at tonight’s meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory at 9 pm. Bob is one of the charter members of the society. He will show artist’s interpretation of the heavens. Then, focusing on Hercules, the Summer Triangle, and the Milky Way. Hopefully, he “will inspire young parents, and their children, to go OUTSIDE, leave the screens and tablets behind, and LOOK UP to see the night sky.” There are two ways to attend: In person at the observatory, south of Traverse City on Birmley Road, or via Zoom with a link provided by the society’s website gtastro.org just prior to the meeting.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT –4 hours). They may be different for your location.

Addendum

The Milky Way from Cygnus to Scutum
The Milky Way from Cygnus to Scutum. In this image, actually a stack of 5 images, on August 12, 2018. I was hoping to record Perseid meteors. It was a poor showing, as non appeared in these images. We were hampered that year by smoke from the western US wildfires, which really affected the lower part of this image, which was still pretty high up in the sky. Featured here is the Great Rift, a series of dust clouds that split the Milky Way into two sections. Credit Bob Moler (me).
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