Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

This is Bob Moler with Ephemeris for Tuesday, January 28th. Today the Sun will be up for 9 hours and 40 minutes, setting at 5:46, and it will rise tomorrow at 8:04. The Moon, 1 day before new, will rise at 8:34 tomorrow morning.

We’ve come off a tumultuous week, and while this program deals with topics generally in the heavens. Events on the Earth more than occasionally intrude. I often remind folks that the Earth is a planet too; an astronomical object in someone else’s sky. I consider astronomy not to be just about the heavens but about the entire universe of which the Earth is a part. The heavens above the Earth to the naked eye at least seems to be a tranquil place. That is because we cannot, with our human senses, pick up the energies of the great collisions and the other cataclysms in the universe, due to distance, our protective atmosphere and our limited senses. So going out under the stars for a while is a way to get away from it all: far, far away.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EST, UT – 5 hours). Times will be different for other locations.

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