[NatureNS] Upcoming Night Sky Highlights

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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:56:13 -0300
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Thanks Blake!



On 09/07/11=2C Blake Maybank  =3Cmaybank=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E wrote=3A=

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=3E From the Nature Moncton Info Line=2C courtesy of Nelson
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=3E ** THIS WEEK=27S SKY AT A GLANCE
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=3E Low in the southwest as twilight fades=2C look well to the left of
=3E the Moon for orange-red ANTARES - a summer star on its way out for
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=3E On Sunday=2C Sept=2E 4 the MOON went into its First-quarter Phase
=3E meaning it would rise at noon and set at midnight=2E
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=3E Midway between sunset and sunrise this week=2C the Pointer stars of =
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=3E Dipper are straight down below POLARIS AKA the North
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=3E The two brightest stars after dark are icy white VEGA=2C now just
=3E west of the zenith almost straight overhead=2C and Arcturus=2C pale
=3E yellow-orange=2C shining ever lower in the west=2E
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=3E SUNRISE on Saturday=2C September 3 was at 6=3A47 a=2Em=2E and SUNSET=

=3E at 19=3A57=2E=A0 Sunrise on Saturday=2C September 10 will be at 6=3A=
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=3E a=2Em=2E and sunset at 19=3A44=2E=A0 Note how sunrise is now approac=
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=3E This Week=27s Planet Roundup=3A
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=3E MERCURY is having a good dawn apparition=2C brightening from
=3E magnitude -0=2E2 to -0=2E9 this week=2E Look for it low in the east-=
northeast
=3E about an hour before sunrise=2E
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=3E VENUS is hidden in the glare of the Sun=2E
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=3E MARS (magnitude +1=2E4) rises around 3 a=2Em=2E=A0 By the beginning
=3E of dawn it=27s in quite good view well up in the east=2E
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=3E JUPITER (magnitude -2=2E6) rises in the east-northeast around 11
=3E p=2Em=2E Jupiter shines highest in the south before dawn=2C making t=
his the
=3E best time to examine it with a birding scope=2E A birding scope will=
 allow
=3E you to see some of Jupiter=27s moons on a clear night=2E
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=3E SATURN (magnitude +0=2E9) is disappearing into the sunset=2E Look fo=
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=3E it low above the western horizon as twilight fades=2E =

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=3Cfont size=3D=224=22=3EFrom the =3Cb=3ENature Moncton Info Line=3C/b=3E=
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=3Cb=3E=3Cu=3E** THIS WEEK=27S SKY AT A GLANCE=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
=3C/u=3E=3C/b=3ELow in the southwest as twilight fades=2C look well to t=
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the year=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
On Sunday=2C Sept=2E 4 the =3Cb=3EMOON =3C/b=3Ewent into its First-quart=
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meaning it would rise at noon and set at midnight=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=

Midway between sunset and sunrise this week=2C the Pointer stars of the =
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The two brightest stars after dark are icy white =3Cb=3EVEGA=3C/b=3E=2C =
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=3Cb=3ESUNRISE =3C/b=3Eon Saturday=2C September 3 was at 6=3A47 a=2Em=2E=
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=3Cb=3E=3Cu=3EThis Week=27s Planet Roundup=3A=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
=3C/u=3EMERCURY =3C/b=3Eis having a good dawn apparition=2C brightening =
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=3Cb=3EVENUS =3C/b=3Eis hidden in the glare of the Sun=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr=
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=3Cb=3EMARS =3C/b=3E(magnitude +1=2E4) rises around 3 a=2Em=2E=A0 By the=
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/=3E
=3Cb=3EJUPITER =3C/b=3E(magnitude -2=2E6) rises in the east-northeast ar=
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p=2Em=2E Jupiter shines highest in the south before dawn=2C making this =
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=3Cb=3ESATURN =3C/b=3E(magnitude +0=2E9) is disappearing into the sunset=
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