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Ephemeris: 09/06/2024 – Grand Traverse Astronomical Meeting Tonight
This is Bob Moler with Ephemeris for Friday, September 6th. Today the Sun will be up for 12 hours and 57 minutes, setting at 8:09, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:12. The Moon, 4 days past new, will set at 9:26 this evening.
The Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will host its September meeting tonight at 8:00 PM at Northwestern Michigan College’s Joseph H Rogers Observatory, which is located on Birmley Rd. South of Traverse City between Garfield and Keystone roads. The program topic will be a surprise, at least to me. After the meeting about 9:00 PM if it’s clear there will be viewing of the heavens through the observatory’s telescopes, featuring possibly the Moon and Saturn, the first of which may be too low or be obstructed, and when it’s darker the wonders of the Milky Way will be visible including nebulae, open star clusters, and my favorite globular star clusters, spherical masses of hundreds of thousands of stars, as old as the Milky Way itself.
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.
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Ephemeris: 06/07/2024 – GTAS hears from NASA engineer tonight
This is Ephemeris for Friday, June 7th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 28 minutes, setting at 9:26, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:57. The Moon, 1 day past new, will set at 11:19 this evening.
Tonight’s meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will start at 9 pm, at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory. The later start time in June and July will allow the following star party, which will start at the end of the meeting, around 10 pm, to start after sunset. The sky will still be in bright twilight. We are pleased to have Joe Gibson, Principal Flight Software Engineer, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to speak to us. After the program, at about 10 pm, if it’s clear will be viewing of the skies as it gets dark. The public is always welcome. This meeting also marks the Society’s 42nd anniversary. The observatory is located south of Traverse City on Birmley Road between Garfield and Keystone roads.
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.
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