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--=====================_107696500==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarded from NatureNB: ** This Week's SKY AT A GLANCE: Look high in the northeast after dark for the BIG=20 DIPPER [grande ourse]. It's tilting rightward on=20 its handle. The two stars forming the top end of=20 the Dipper's bowl are the Pointers, pointing=20 lower left toward POLARIS, aka the North Star. On Sunday, April 17 the MOON [Lune] will go into=20 its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night=20 making for bright nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. SIRIUS, the Dog Star, shines brightly low in the southwest right after dusk. It is interesting to note SUNRISE last Saturday=20 was at 6:49 AM with SUNSET at 20:01 PM whereas=20 this Saturday, sunrise was at 6:37 AM and sunset=20 at 20:10 PM. It's only going to get better!! This Week's Planet Roundup MERCURY [Mercure], MARS, AND JUPITER are buried deep in the glare of= sunrise. VENUS [V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, is visible very=20 low in bright dawn. Look for it above the eastern=20 horizon about 30 minutes before sunrise. SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.4, is the only=20 planet now in good view in the evening. After=20 passing through opposition on April 3rd, it glows=20 low in the east-southeast as the stars come out.=20 Saturn rises higher in the southeast during=20 evening and shines highest in the south around=20 midnight. The rings have narrowed slightly in=20 the last few months to 8=B0 from edge on but are=20 very visible using a birding scope. Here's wishing for 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 --=====================_107696500==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> Forwarded from NatureNB:<br><br> <b><u>** This Week's SKY AT A GLANC</u></b>E:<br><br> Look high in the northeast after dark for the <b>BIG DIPPER</b> [grande ourse]. It's tilting rightward on its handle. The two stars forming the top end of the Dipper's bowl are the Pointers, pointing lower left toward <b>POLARIS</b>, aka the North Star. <br><br> On Sunday, April 17 the <b>MOON </b>[Lune] will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night making for bright nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. <br> <br> <b>SIRIUS</b>, the Dog Star, shines brightly low in the southwest right after dusk.<br><br> It is interesting to note <b>SUNRISE </b>last Saturday was at 6:49 AM with <b>SUNSET </b>at 20:01 PM whereas this Saturday, sunrise was at 6:37 AM and sunset at 20:10 PM. It's only going to get better!! <br><br> <br> <b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup<br> </u></b> <br> <b>MERCURY </b>[Mercure], <b>MARS, AND JUPITER </b>are buried deep in the glare of sunrise. <br><br> <b>VENUS </b>[V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, is visible very low in bright dawn. Look for it above the eastern horizon about 30 minutes before sunrise.<br><br> <b>SATURN </b>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.4, is the only planet now in good view in the evening. After passing through opposition on April 3rd, it glows low in the east-southeast as the stars come out. Saturn rises higher in the southeast during evening and shines highest in the south around midnight. The rings have narrowed slightly in the last few months to 8=B0 from edge on but are very visible using a birding scope.<br><br> Here's wishing for clear skies,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <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> --=====================_107696500==.ALT--
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