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Index of Subjects =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 1= 6px=3B=22=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 12/11/10=2C =3Cb class=3D=22= name=22=3EBlake Maybank =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bmaybank=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=26= gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3A =26lt=3B20101211= 152033=2EIVOO8320=2Etorspm04=2Etoronto=2Ermgopenwave=2Ecom=40maybank=2En= s=2Esympatico=2Eca=22 class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1= px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0p= t=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E=3C= span=3E=3Cp=3E =3Ctable=3E=3Ctbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd=3E=3Cp=3E From NatureNB=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E (and here is hoping we have some clear nights -- forecast is not good)=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cb=3E=3Cu=3E** This week=27s sky at a glance=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3C/u=3E=3C/b=3EOn=2C Monday night=2C Dec=2E 13=2C the GEMINID METEOR SH= OWER should peak in the late evening=2E Best viewing is after midnight=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr = /=3E Also on Monday night=2C the MOON =5BLune=5D will go into its first quart= er phase=2C meaning that it will rise at noon and set at midnight=2E =3Cbr = /=3E=3Cbr /=3E On Tuesday=2C Dec=2E 14=2C the beginning of winter will be just a week away=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E By about 10=3A30 p=2Em=2E this week=2C the dim LITTLE DIPPER =5BPetit Ou= rs=5D hangs straight down from the North Star=2C =26quot=3Bas if it were a nail on t= he north wall of the sky=2E=26quot=3B The brighter BIG DIPPER =5BGrand Ours= =5D is rearing upward on its handle=2C low in the NNE=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E Again a heads up for the total eclipse of the Moon=2C the night of Decem= ber 20-21=2E The Moon will be high in the late-night or early-morning sky=2E= =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cbr /=3E =3Cb=3E=3Cu=3EThis week=27s planet roundup=3A=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3C/u=3E=3C/b=3EMERCURY =5BMercure=5D is fading rapidly and dropping fro= m sight into the sunset=2E =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E VENUS =5BV=E9nus=5D=2C at bright magnitude -4=2E8=2C shines in the south= east before and during dawn=2E It=27s now at its greatest height as =26quot=3Bthe mo= rning star=2E=26quot=3B In fact=2C Venus rises some two hours before the first= glimmer of dawn=2E =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E MARS=2C at magnitude +1=2E3=2C is deep in bright evening twilight=2C nea= r Mercury=2E They will be closest=2C approximately one degree apart=2C on = Monday the 13th=2E Try sweeping for them with binoculars or a bird scope soon after sunset=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E JUPITER=2C at magnitude -2=2E5=2C shines in the south to southwest durin= g evening=2C the brightest star-like point in the sky=2E =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /= =3E SATURN=2C at magnitude +0=2E8=2C rises around 2 a=2Em=2E=2C and is well = up in the southeast before and during dawn=2C to the far upper right of brilliant Venus=2E =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cbr /=3E Nelson Poirier=2C=3Cbr /=3E Nature Moncton=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cbr /=3E =3Cx-sigsep=3E=3C/x-sigsep=3E=3C/p=3E=3Cp=3E ------------------------------------------------------------------------= -----=3Cbr /=3E Blake Maybank=3Cbr /=3E maybank=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3Cbr /=3E 902-852-2077=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E Editor=2C =26quot=3BNova Scotia Birds=26quot=3B=3Cbr /=3E =3Ca eudora=3D=22autourl=22 href=3D=22http=3A//nsbs=2Echebucto=2Eorg/=22= target=3D=22=5Fblank=22=3E http=3A//nsbs=2Echebucto=2Eorg=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E =3C/a=3EOrganiser=2C Maritimes Nature Travel Club=3Cbr /=3E =3Cfont color=3D=22=230000ff=22=3E=3Cu=3E =3Ca eudora=3D=22autourl=22 href=3D=22http=3A//tinyurl=2Ecom/naturetrave= l=22 target=3D=22=5Fblank=22=3E http=3A//tinyurl=2Ecom/naturetravel=3C/a=3E=3C/u=3E=3C/font=3E =3Cbr /=3E= =3Cbr /=3E author=2C =26quot=3BBirding Sites of Nova Scotia=26quot=3B=3Cbr /=3E =3Cfont color=3D=22=230000ff=22=3E=3Cu=3E =3Ca eudora=3D=22autourl=22 href=3D=22http=3A//tinyurl=2Ecom/birdingns=22= target=3D=22=5Fblank=22=3E http=3A//tinyurl=2Ecom/birdingns=3Cbr /=3E =3C/a=3E=3C/u=3E=3C/font=3EDownloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside fron= t and back covers=3A=3Cbr /=3E =3Ca eudora=3D=22autourl=22 href=3D=22http=3A//tinyurl=2Ecom/mr627d=22 t= arget=3D=22=5Fblank=22=3E http=3A//tinyurl=2Ecom/mr627d=3C/a=3E =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E White=27s Lake=2C Nova Scotia=2C Canada =3C/p=3E=3C/td=3E=3C/tr=3E=3C/tb= ody=3E=3C/table=3E =3C/p=3E=3C/span=3E =3C/div=3E=3C/blockquote=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3EWhen one tug= s at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the rest of the= world=2E =3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
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