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--Apple-Mail-20-171493531 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Those of you who have a BNS Nature Calendar will know that Venus and Jupiter make a very close pair (a Moon diameter or half degree apart) in the morning sky, February 1st (tomorrow morning). It looks promising for a nice clear sky at that hour. I have amended slightly (with his permission) a notice he sent to the RASC list. It covers the topic nicely. Sherman Williams shermw@xcountry.tv He started off by referring to a photo he took this morning and had posted to the link you see below. On 31-Jan-08, at 5:40 PM, Roy Bishop wrote: > > Courtesy of Roy Bishop, here is a photo he took of Venus & Jupiter > this morning looking toward the SE from his driveway in Avonport. > (Technical details: Canon XTi, 1 s, f/5.6, ISO 100, about 60 mm, > 1.2 MB, 2816x1880 pixels, 07:00 AST.) > > If the sky is clear early tomorrow morning, look low in the SE > between 0600 and 0645 ! > It will be more than 3 years before you have a chance to see Venus > and Jupiter so close again, in a reasonably dark sky. > > Roy > > http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site3/jup_ven_rbishop.html > _______________________________________________ > hfxrasc mailing list > hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca > http://crux.stmarys.ca/mm21/listinfo/hfxrasc --Apple-Mail-20-171493531 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Those of you who have a BNS Nature Calendar will know that Venus and = Jupiter make a very close pair=A0(a Moon diameter or half degree = apart)=A0in the morning sky, February 1st (tomorrow morning). =A0It = looks promising for a nice clear sky at that hour. =A0I have amended = slightly (with his permission) a notice he sent to the RASC list. It = covers the topic nicely.<div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Sherman = Williams</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:shermw@xcountry.tv">shermw@xcountry.tv</a></div><div><br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div>He started off by = referring to a photo he took this morning and had posted to the link you = see below.</div><div><br><div><div>On 31-Jan-08, at 5:40 PM, Roy Bishop = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <br><div><div>Courtesy of Roy Bishop, here is a photo he = took of Venus & Jupiter this morning looking toward the SE from his = driveway in Avonport. =A0 (Technical details: Canon XTi, 1 s, f/5.6, ISO = 100, about 60 mm, 1.2 MB, 2816x1880 pixels, 07:00 AST.)</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If the sky is clear early = tomorrow morning, look low in the SE between 0600 and 0645 = !</div><div>It will be more than 3 years before you have a chance to see = Venus and Jupiter so close again, in a reasonably dark = sky.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Roy</div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1;"><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></span></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site3/jup_ven_rbishop.html">http:/= /web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site3/jup_ven_rbishop.html</a></span></div></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">hfxrasc mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca">hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca</a></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://crux.stmarys.ca/mm21/listinfo/hfxrasc">http://crux.stmarys.= ca/mm21/listinfo/hfxrasc</a></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-20-171493531--
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