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Ephemeris: 11/01/2024 – Grand Traverse Astronomical Society Meeting tonight

November 1, 2024

This is Ephemeris for Friday, November 1st. The Sun will rise at 8:21. It’ll be up for 10 hours and 9 minutes, setting at 6:30. The Moon is new today, and won’t be visible.

The Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will host its November meeting tonight at 8:00 PM at Northwestern Michigan College’s Joseph H Rogers Observatory. This will be an unstructured meeting, and a good time for anyone interested to ask knowledgeable members anything about the sky or, since Christmas is coming, about what kind of telescope to buy. Afterward, about 9 PM if it’s clear, there will be viewing of the heavens through the observatory’s telescopes, featuring Saturn, Jupiter and the wonders of the Milky Way, including nebulae, open and globular star clusters, containing hundreds to hundreds of thousands of stars. The observatory is located on Birmley Rd. South of Traverse City between Garfield and Keystone roads.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT – 4 hours). Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

One of the discussion items will be the currently active sun in how it affects the earth.

Photo of a recent aurora taken from the grounds of Northwestern Michigan College's Joseph Rogers Observatory
Jerry Dobek’s photo of a recent aurora taken from the grounds of Northwestern Michigan College’s Joseph Rogers Observatory.
Another photo of the same auroral display
Another photo of the same auroral display from Jerry Dobek.
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