[NatureNS] FWD: The night sky for the week ahead

From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:21:04 -0400
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=3Cb=3E=3Cu=3E** This week=27s sky at a glance=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
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Also on Monday night=2C the MOON =5BLune=5D will go into its first quart=
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phase=2C meaning that it will rise at noon and set at midnight=2E =3Cbr =
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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=
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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=
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20-21=2E The Moon will be high in the late-night or early-morning sky=2E=

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=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=
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MARS=2C at magnitude +1=2E3=2C is deep in bright evening twilight=2C nea=
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Mercury=2E They will be closest=2C approximately one degree apart=2C on =
Monday
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JUPITER=2C at magnitude -2=2E5=2C shines in the south to southwest durin=
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