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Index of Subjects --=====================_23302828==.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 The two brightest stars of summer are icy white=20 VEGA, now high overhead at dusk and ARCTURUS,=20 which is pale yellow-orange, shining lower in the west. On Monday, Aug. 29 the MOON [Lune] will enter its=20 New Phase meaning it will rise and set with the=20 sun so we will not see it during the night to=20 make for some dark nights. Expect higher high=20 tides and lower low tides which may be=20 significant for shorebird observations.=20 [Transcriber's note: The highest high tides in=20 Shepody Bay will be on Wednesday and Thursday=20 afternoons (13.1 m); Friday afternoon will be almost as high (13.0).] As early as nightfall now, CASSIOPEIA has risen=20 as high in the northeast as the BIG DIPPER has sunk in the northwest. On Saturday, August 27, the SUN [Soleil] sun rose=20 at 6:38 and set at 20:10. On Saturday, September=20 3, the sun will rise at 6:47 and set at 19:57. This Week's Planet Roundup: MERCURY [Mercure] is emerging into view low in=20 the dawn, brightening day by day. Look for it low=20 in the east about an hour before sunrise; the later in the week the better. VENUS [V=E9nus] is hidden in the glare of the Sun. MARS, at magnitude +1.4, rises around 3 a.m. By=20 the beginning of dawn it's in good view well up in the east. JUPITER, magnitude -2.6, rises in the east-northeast around 11 p.m. SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.9, sinks down=20 to the western horizon during twilight. 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 --=====================_23302828==.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> </font><font size=3D5><b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE<br><br> </u></b></font><font size=3D4>The two brightest stars of summer are icy white <b>VEGA</b>, now high overhead at dusk and <b>ARCTURUS</b>, which is pale yellow-orange, shining lower in the west.<br><br> On Monday, Aug. 29 the <b>MOON </b>[Lune] will enter its New Phase meaning it will rise and set with the sun so we will not see it during the night to make for some dark nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides which may be significant for shorebird observations. [Transcriber's note: The highest high tides in Shepody Bay will be on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons (13.1 m); Friday afternoon will be almost as high (13.0).]<br><br> As early as nightfall now, <b>CASSIOPEIA </b>has risen as high in the northeast as the <b>BIG DIPPER</b> has sunk in the northwest.<br><br> On Saturday, August 27, the <b>SUN </b>[Soleil] sun rose at 6:38 and set at 20:10. On Saturday, September 3, the sun will rise at 6:47 and set at 19:57.<br><br> <br> </font><font size=3D5><b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup:<br><br> </u></font><font size=3D4>MERCURY </b>[Mercure] is emerging into view low in the dawn, brightening day by day. Look for it low in the east about an hour before sunrise; the later in the week the better.<br><br> <b>VENUS </b>[V=E9nus] is hidden in the glare of the Sun.<br><br> <b>MARS</b>, at magnitude +1.4, rises around 3 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's in good view well up in the east.<br><br> <b>JUPITER</b>, magnitude -2.6, rises in the east-northeast around 11 p.m.<br><br> <b>SATURN </b>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.9, sinks down to the western horizon during twilight. <br><br> Forwarded By:<br><br> </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> --=====================_23302828==.ALT--
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