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Index of Subjects --=====================_16765156==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From the Nature Moncton Info Line, courtesy of Nelson Poirier: ** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE, AUGUST 12-20 On Friday night, August 12, the annual Perseid=20 meteor shower peaks late in the night, but the=20 light of the practically full Moon fills the sky=20 for the entire night and will hide all but the brightest meteors. On Saturday, August 13, the Moon will go into its=20 Full Phase meaning we will see the moon for the=20 duration of the night to make for bright moonlit=20 nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low=20 tides which will be significant at this period of shorebird activity. On Saturday, August 13 the Sun will rise at 6:21=20 am and set at 20:34. On Saturday, August 20, the=20 sun will rise at 6:30 a.m. and set at 20:22. This Week's Planet Roundup: Mercury and Venus are hidden in the glare of the Sun. Mars (magnitude +1.4) rises around 3 a.m. By dawn=20 it's in good view in the east with a birding scope. Jupiter (magnitude =962.5) rises in the=20 east-northeast around midnight. By early dawn=20 Jupiter shines very high in the southeast to south. Saturn (magnitude +0.9) is sinking ever lower in=20 the west-southwest at dusk. Binoculars will help. Forwarded By: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - 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 --=====================_16765156==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> <font size=3D4>From the <b>Nature Moncton Info Line</b>, courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br><br> <b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE, AUGUST 12-20<br><br> </u></b>On Friday night, August 12, the annual <b>Perseid meteor shower</b> peaks late in the night, but the light of the practically full Moon fills the sky for the entire night and will hide all but the brightest meteors.<br><br> On Saturday, August 13, the <b>Moon</b> will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see the moon for the duration of the night to make for bright moonlit nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides which will be significant at this period of shorebird activity.<br><br> On Saturday, August 13 the <b>Sun </b>will rise at 6:21 am and set at 20:34. On Saturday, August 20, the sun will rise at 6:30 a.m. and set at 20:22. <br><br> <b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup:<br><br> <br> </u>Mercury </b>and <b>Venus </b>are hidden in the glare of the Sun.<br><br> <b>Mars </b>(magnitude +1.4) rises around 3 a.m. By dawn it's in good view in the east with a birding scope.<br><br> <b>Jupiter </b>(magnitude =962.5) rises in the east-northeast around midnight. By early dawn Jupiter shines very high in the southeast to south.<br><br> <b>Saturn </b>(magnitude +0.9) is sinking ever lower in the west-southwest at dusk. Binoculars will help. <br><br> <br> <b>Forwarded By:<br><br> </b></font><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<br> <font size=3D4>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><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><u> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font><font size=3D4> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><u> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font><font size=3D4>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 </font></body> </html> --=====================_16765156==.ALT--
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