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Index of Subjects --=====================_453252890==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarded From Nature Moncton: ** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE 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 or=20 three fist-widths 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 Wednesday, June 1, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its New Phase meaning it will rise and set=20 with the sun to leave moonless nights. Expect=20 higher high tides and lower low tides. On Saturday, May 28 SUNRISE [lever de soleil] was=20 at 5:41 am and SUNSET [coucher de soleil] at=20 21:00. On Saturday, June 4 sunrise will be at 5:37 am and sunset at 21:06. This Week's Planet Roundup: Low in the dawn, MERCURY [Mercure], VENUS=20 [V=E9nus], MARS, and JUPITER continue drawing=20 farther apart in a long diagonal line. Jupiter is=20 the highest and easiest. Far to its lower left=20 are faint Mars, then bright Venus, and then=20 very-low Mercury. Use binoculars for Mars and Mercury. SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.6, is 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, their minimum tilt for more than a decade to=20 come and very visible on a clear night. Nelson Poirier, Nature Moncton =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D 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 --=====================_453252890==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> <font size=3D4>Forwarded From Nature Moncton:<br><br> <b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE<br> </u></b> <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 <b>VEGA</b>, plain to see. Look lower left of Vega, by two or three fist-widths at arm's length, for <b>DENEB</b>, the brightest star in that area. Farther to the lower right of Vega is <b>ALTAIR</b>, the last of the three Summer Triangle stars to rise, around 11 p.m. <br><br> On Wednesday, June 1, the <b>MOON </b>[Lune] will go into its New Phase meaning it will rise and set with the sun to leave moonless nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides.<br><br> On Saturday, May 28 <b>SUNRISE </b>[lever de soleil] was at 5:41 am and <b>SUNSET </b>[coucher de soleil] at 21:00. On Saturday, June 4 sunrise will be at 5:37 am and sunset at 21:06.<br><br> This Week's Planet Roundup: <br><br> Low in the dawn, <b>MERCURY </b>[Mercure], <b>VENUS </b>[V=E9nus], <b>MARS</b>, and <b>JUPITER </b>continue drawing farther apart in a long diagonal line. Jupiter is the highest and easiest. Far to its lower left are faint Mars, then bright Venus, and then very-low Mercury. Use binoculars for Mars and Mercury.<br><br> <b>SATURN </b>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.6, is in excellent evening view high in the south. In a birding scope Saturn's rings are 7.3=B0 from edge on, their minimum tilt for more than a decade to come and very visible on a clear night. <br><br> Nelson Poirier,<br> Nature Moncton<br><br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D<br><br> Wishing for clear skies,<br><br> Blake<br><br> </font><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> --=====================_453252890==.ALT--
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