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10/03/2014 – Ephemeris – Sundials and Fall Astronomy Day on tap tomorrow at the NMC Observatory
Ephemeris for Friday, October 3rd. The sun will rise at 7:42. It’ll be up for 11 hours and 36 minutes, setting at 7:19. The moon, 2 days past first quarter, will set at 3:01 tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow is Fall Astronomy Day. To celebrate the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will move its first Friday of the month meeting and star party to Saturday the 4th. At 8 p.m local landscape architect and sundial expert Dean Connors will talk about, of course, sundials and the myriad of forms they take. Starting at 9 p.m. the star party portion of the night will begin with the moon as the featured celestial object. Members of the society will also provide information on this month’s two eclipses and how to observe a solar eclipse safely. The meeting and star party will be held at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory located south of Traverse City on Birmley Road. Between Garfield and Keystone roads.
Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
07/05/2013 – Ephemeris – Earth at aphelion and astronomy tonight
Ephemeris for Friday, July 5th. Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 26 minutes, setting at 9:30. The moon, 3 days before new, will rise at 4:52 tomorrow morning. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:04.
The earth is as far as it will get from the sun for the year today at 94.5 million miles. Speaking of the sun, the monthly meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory tonight will host local landscape architect Dean Conners an expert on sundials. He created the sundial in the Children’s Garden behind the District Library. who will talk about some interesting sundials. After the meeting at 9 p.m. there will be a star party at the observatory with the planets Venus and Saturn plus some of the bright wonders of the summer sky, like the Ring Nebula, The Great Hercules Globular Star Cluster if it’s clear. There’s other activities if it’s cloudy.
Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
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