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--=====================_459381000==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarded from the NatureNB discussion group: ** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE: On Saturday, March 26, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its Last Quarter phase. The half-lit Moon=20 rises in the middle of the night and is high in the south before sunrise. The BIG DIPPER [Grand Ours] now stands on its=20 handle high in the northeast right after dark.=20 Its topmost two stars, the pointers, point left=20 or lower left toward POLARIS, the North Star,=20 about three fist-widths at arm's length from them. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest star=20 shining in the south-southwest after dusk. At a=20 distance of 8.6 light-years away, it's the=20 nearest thing outside our solar system that's=20 visible to the naked eye from Earth's mid-northern latitudes. This Week's Planet Roundup: MERCURY [Mercure], low in the west during=20 twilight, fades from magnitude 0 to +1.5 this=20 week, and one can watch how fast it dims from day to day. VENUS [V=E9nus], at magnitude -4.0, shines low in the east-southeast during= dawn. MARS remains out of sight behind the glare of the Sun until summer. JUPITER, magnitude -2.1, is disappearing into the=20 sunset. Using binoculars, you can try for it=20 early in the week below Mercury while twilight is=20 still bright. Look due west. A birding scope=20 should nicely show some of its moons. SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.4, is nearing=20 its April 3rd opposition. It rises in twilight=20 and glows in the east-southeast during evening.=20 Saturn is best seen in a birding scope much later=20 in the night when it gains high altitude. It's=20 highest in the south around 1:00 am. In a=20 birding scope one can see Saturn's rings at 9=B0 from edge on. ---------- Wishing you clear skies, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 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 --=====================_459381000==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> Forwarded from the NatureNB discussion group:<br><br> <b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE:<br><br> </u></b>On Saturday, March 26, the MOON [Lune] will go into its Last Quarter phase. The half-lit Moon rises in the middle of the night and is high in the south before sunrise. <br><br> The <b>BIG DIPPER</b> [Grand Ours] now stands on its handle high in the northeast right after dark. Its topmost two stars, the pointers, point left or lower left toward <b>POLARIS</b>, the North Star, about three fist-widths at arm's length from them. <br><br> Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest star shining in the south-southwest after dusk. At a distance of 8.6 light-years away, it's the nearest thing outside our solar system that's visible to the naked eye from Earth's mid-northern latitudes. <br><br> <br> <b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup:<br><br> </u>MERCURY</b> [Mercure], low in the west during twilight, fades from magnitude 0 to +1.5 this week, and one can watch how fast it dims from day to day. <br><br> <b>VENUS </b>[V=E9nus], at magnitude -4.0, shines low in the east-southeast during dawn.<br><br> <b>MARS </b>remains out of sight behind the glare of the Sun until summer. <br><br> <b>JUPITER</b>, magnitude -2.1, is disappearing into the sunset. Using binoculars, you can try for it early in the week below Mercury while twilight is still bright. Look due west. A birding scope should nicely show some of its moons.<br><br> <b>SATURN </b>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.4, is nearing its April 3rd opposition. It rises in twilight and glows in the east-southeast during evening. Saturn is best seen in a birding scope much later in the night when it gains high altitude. It's highest in the south around 1:00 am. In a birding scope one can see Saturn's rings at 9=B0 from edge on.<br><br> <hr> <br> Wishing you clear skies,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/<br> </a>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> --=====================_459381000==.ALT--
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