[NatureNS] From NatureNB - The week's night sky

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** This Week's "Sky at a glance":

This is the time of the year that ORION stands at=20
its highest due south in early evening. Upper=20
right of Orion is TAURUS and farther on the=20
PLEIADES cluster.  Lower left of Orion is CANIS MAJOR, with bright SIRIUS.

These next two weeks, when there's no moonlight=20
in the sky at the end of twilight, it's a fine=20
time to look for the ZODIACAL LIGHT [lumi=E8re=20
zodiacale] if you have a very clear, unpolluted=20
sky. As the last of twilight is fading away, look=20
for a vague but huge, tall, narrow pyramid of=20
pearly light extending up from the western=20
horizon. It slopes to the left, following the=20
ecliptic, with Jupiter near its base. What you're=20
seeing is interplanetary dust near the plane of=20
the solar system, lit by the Sun.

This week's Planet Round-up:

MERCURY [Mercure] and MARS are still hidden in the glare of the sun.

VENUS [V=E9nus] (magnitude -4.2) shines as the=20
"Morning Star" in the southeast just before and during dawn.

JUPITER (magnitude -2.1) shines brightly in the=20
west at dusk and sets roughly an hour after dark=20
now. Get your birding scope on it in late=20
twilight while it's still high, to see 4 of its 16 moons.

SATURN (magnitude +0.5) rises around 10 p.m. but=20
is best seen in a birding scope at its highest in=20
the south around 3 a.m. Saturn's rings are 10=B0=20
from edge on, and easily viewed with a birding scope in a clear sky.

Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton

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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
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** This Week's &quot;Sky at a glance&quot;:<br>
&nbsp;<br>
This is the time of the year that ORION stands at its highest due south
in early evening. Upper right of Orion is TAURUS and farther on the
PLEIADES cluster.&nbsp; Lower left of Orion is CANIS MAJOR, with bright
SIRIUS.<br><br>
These next two weeks, when there's no moonlight in the sky at the end of
twilight, it's a fine time to look for the ZODIACAL LIGHT [lumi=E8re
zodiacale] if you have a very clear, unpolluted sky. As the last of
twilight is fading away, look for a vague but huge, tall, narrow pyramid
of pearly light extending up from the western horizon. It slopes to the
left, following the ecliptic, with Jupiter near its base. What you're
seeing is interplanetary dust near the plane of the solar system, lit by
the Sun.<br>
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<b><u>This week's Planet Round-up:<br><br>
</u></b>MERCURY [Mercure] and MARS are still hidden in the glare of the
sun. <br><br>
VENUS [V=E9nus] (magnitude -4.2) shines as the &quot;Morning Star&quot; in
the southeast just before and during dawn.<br><br>
JUPITER (magnitude -2.1) shines brightly in the west at dusk and sets
roughly an hour after dark now. Get your birding scope on it in late
twilight while it's still high, to see 4 of its 16 moons.<br><br>
SATURN (magnitude +0.5) rises around 10 p.m. but is best seen in a
birding scope at its highest in the south around 3 a.m. Saturn's rings
are 10=B0 from edge on, and easily viewed with a birding scope in a clear
sky.<br><br>
Nelson Poirier,<br>
Nature Moncton<br><br>
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Blake Maybank<br>
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br>
902-852-2077<br><br>
Editor, &quot;Nova Scotia Birds&quot;<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, &quot;Birding Sites of Nova Scotia&quot;<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>
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