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Ephemeris: 09/05/2025 – GTAS meeting tonight, a personal view of nebulae, interstellar clouds

September 5, 2025

This is Ephemeris for Friday, September 5th. Today the Sun will be up for 13 hours and 1 minute, setting at 8:11, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:11. The Moon, 2 days before full, will set at 5:36 tomorrow morning.

The Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will host its September meeting tonight at 8 PM at Northwestern Michigan College’s Joseph H Rogers Observatory. The talk for the evening will be given by Daniel Dall’Olmo, one of our members, who has had great success photographing the wonders of the universe. He will show and discuss the different types of nebulae he’s photographed. After the meeting, weather permitting, there will be viewing of the Moon and whatever we can find in the twilight. The observatory is located south of Traverse City on Birmley Rd. The meeting will also be available via Zoom, with instructions for joining the meeting on the society’s website, http://www.gtastro.org.

The astronomical event times given in this blog are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (Lat 44.7° N, Long 85.7° W; EDT, UT – 4 hours) unless stated otherwise. Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

Great Orion Nebula
The Great Orion Nebula, the birthplace of stars, along with some dark dusty nebulae. Credit: Daniel Dall’Olmo.
The Ring Nebula, M57
The Ring Nebula, M57, the result of a Sun size star near the end of life expelling its outer layers of gas. These are called planetary nebulae because some look like the distant planets Uranus or Neptune visually in telescopes. Credit: Daniel Dall’Olmo,
The Crab Nebula, M1
The Crab Nebula, M1, a supernova remnant. The star was seen to explode in 1054 CE. Credit: Daniel Dall’Olmo.
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