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--=====================_117092593==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 21 May 2011 - Forwarded from Moncton Info Line ** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE ARCTURUS is the brightest star very high in the=20 southeast after dark. VEGA, equally bright, is much lower in the northeast. Face northwest and look high to see the BIG=20 DIPPER [Grand Ours], now hanging down by its=20 handle. Just a few weeks ago it was horizontal. On Tuesday, May 24, the MOON [Lune] will go into=20 Last Quarter phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon. With summer less than a month away, the big=20 SUMMER TRIANGLE is making its appearance in the=20 east. Its topmost and brightest star is Vega,=20 plain to see. Look lower left of Vega, by two to=20 three fist-width at arm's length, for Deneb, the=20 brightest star in that area. Farther to the lower=20 right of Vega is Altair, the last of the three=20 Summer Triangle stars to rise, around 11 p.m. On Saturday, May 21 SUNRISE [lever de soleil] was=20 at 5:47 a.m. with sunset at 20:53. On Saturday,=20 May 28 sunrise will be at 5:41 a.m. and SUNSET [coucher de soleil] at 21:00. This Week's Planet Roundup: MERCURY [Mercure], VENUS [V=E9nus], MARS, and=20 JUPITER continue their evolutions low in the=20 dawn, but now they're drawing farther apart.=20 Using binoculars about 30 minutes before sunrise;=20 look low in the east. Jupiter is the highest.=20 Look lower left of it for Venus. Near Venus,=20 binoculars should show Mercury (below or lower=20 left of Venus) and perhaps faint little Mars (left of or above Venus). SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.6, is now in=20 excellent evening view high in the south. In a=20 birding scope Saturn's rings are 7.3=B0 from edge=20 on and can be readily seen on clear nights. Nelson Poirier, Nature Moncton ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - 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 --=====================_117092593==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> 21 May 2011 - Forwarded from Moncton Info Line<br><br> <b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE<br><br> </u>ARCTURUS </b>is the brightest star very high in the southeast after dark. VEGA, equally bright, is much lower in the northeast. <br><br> Face northwest and look high to see the<b> BIG DIPPER</b> [Grand Ours], now hanging down by its handle. Just a few weeks ago it was horizontal.<br> <br> On Tuesday, May 24, the <b>MOON </b>[Lune] will go into Last Quarter phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon.<br><br> With summer less than a month away, the big <b>SUMMER TRIANGLE</b> is making its appearance in the east. Its topmost and brightest star is Vega, plain to see. Look lower left of Vega, by two to three fist-width at arm's length, for Deneb, the brightest star in that area. Farther to the lower right of Vega is Altair, the last of the three Summer Triangle stars to rise, around 11 p.m. <br><br> On Saturday, May 21 <b>SUNRISE </b>[lever de soleil] was at 5:47 a.m. with sunset at 20:53. On Saturday, May 28 sunrise will be at 5:41 a.m. and <b>SUNSET </b>[coucher de soleil] at 21:00.<br><br> <br> <b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup: <br><br> </u>MERCURY </b>[Mercure], <b>VENUS </b>[V=E9nus], <b>MARS</b>, and <b>JUPITER </b>continue their evolutions low in the dawn, but now they're drawing farther apart. Using binoculars about 30 minutes before sunrise; look low in the east. Jupiter is the highest. Look lower left of it for Venus. Near Venus, binoculars should show Mercury (below or lower left of Venus) and perhaps faint little Mars (left of or above Venus).<br> <br> <b>SATURN </b>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.6, is now in excellent evening view high in the south. In a birding scope Saturn's rings are 7.3=B0 from edge on and can be readily seen on clear nights. <br><br> Nelson Poirier,<br> Nature Moncton<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> --=====================_117092593==.ALT--
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