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--=====================_425627781==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From NatureNB (and here is hoping we have some clear nights -- forecast is not good) ** This week's sky at a glance. On, Monday night, Dec. 13, the GEMINID METEOR=20 SHOWER should peak in the late evening. Best viewing is after midnight. Also on Monday night, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its first quarter phase, meaning that it=20 will rise at noon and set at midnight. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, the beginning of winter will be just a week away. By about 10:30 p.m. this week, the dim LITTLE=20 DIPPER [Petit Ours] hangs straight down from the=20 North Star, "as if it were a nail on the north=20 wall of the sky." The brighter BIG DIPPER [Grand=20 Ours] is rearing upward on its handle, low in the NNE. Again a heads up for the total eclipse of the=20 Moon, the night of December 20-21. The Moon will=20 be high in the late-night or early-morning sky. This week's planet roundup: MERCURY [Mercure] is fading rapidly and dropping from sight into the sunset. VENUS [V=E9nus], at bright magnitude -4.8, shines=20 in the southeast before and during dawn. It's now=20 at its greatest height as "the morning star." In=20 fact, Venus rises some two hours before the first glimmer of dawn. MARS, at magnitude +1.3, is deep in bright=20 evening twilight, near Mercury. They will be=20 closest, approximately one degree apart, on=20 Monday the 13th. Try sweeping for them with=20 binoculars or a bird scope soon after sunset. JUPITER, at magnitude -2.5, shines in the south=20 to southwest during evening, the brightest star-like point in the sky. SATURN, at magnitude +0.8, rises around 2 a.m.,=20 and is well up in the southeast before and during=20 dawn, to the far upper right of brilliant Venus. Nelson Poirier, Nature Moncton ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada =20 --=====================_425627781==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> From NatureNB<br><br> (and here is hoping we have some clear nights -- forecast is not good)<br><br> <b><u>** This week's sky at a glance.<br><br> </u></b>On, Monday night, Dec. 13, the GEMINID METEOR SHOWER should peak in the late evening. Best viewing is after midnight.<br><br> Also on Monday night, the MOON [Lune] will go into its first quarter phase, meaning that it will rise at noon and set at midnight. <br><br> On Tuesday, Dec. 14, the beginning of winter will be just a week away.<br><br> By about 10:30 p.m. this week, the dim LITTLE DIPPER [Petit Ours] hangs straight down from the North Star, "as if it were a nail on the north wall of the sky." The brighter BIG DIPPER [Grand Ours] is rearing upward on its handle, low in the NNE.<br><br> Again a heads up for the total eclipse of the Moon, the night of December 20-21. The Moon will be high in the late-night or early-morning sky. <br><br> <br> <b><u>This week's planet roundup:<br><br> </u></b>MERCURY [Mercure] is fading rapidly and dropping from sight into the sunset. <br><br> VENUS [V=E9nus], at bright magnitude -4.8, shines in the southeast before and during dawn. It's now at its greatest height as "the morning star." In fact, Venus rises some two hours before the first glimmer of dawn. <br><br> MARS, at magnitude +1.3, is deep in bright evening twilight, near Mercury. They will be closest, approximately one degree apart, on Monday the 13th. Try sweeping for them with binoculars or a bird scope soon after sunset.<br><br> JUPITER, at magnitude -2.5, shines in the south to southwest during evening, the brightest star-like point in the sky. <br><br> SATURN, at magnitude +0.8, rises around 2 a.m., and is well up in the southeast before and during dawn, to the far upper right of brilliant Venus. <br><br> <br> Nelson Poirier,<br> Nature Moncton<br><br> <br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href=3D"http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_425627781==.ALT--
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