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--=====================_12284234==.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 Some events in the changing sky for September 24 =96 30 The SEPTEMBER EQUINOX was at 6:04 a.m. Friday=20 morning, when the Sun crossed the equator heading=20 south for the season. Fall began in the Northern=20 Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere. On Tuesday, Sept. 27, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its New Phase meaning it will rise and set=20 with the sun to give us with dark nights. Expect=20 higher high tides and lower low tides. On Saturday, September 24, the SUN [Soleil] rose=20 at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 7:14 p.m. On Saturday,=20 October 1, the sun will rise at 7:17 a.m. and set=20 at 7:00 p.m. They are getting shorter!! This Week's Planet Roundup MERCURY [Mercure] is hidden in the glare of the Sun. VENUS [V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, may be=20 catchable in binoculars just above the due-west=20 horizon a mere 15 minutes after sunset and will=20 be hard to pick up. It will become the "Evening=20 Star" blazing high in twilight in the coming months. MARS, at magnitude +1.3, rises around 3 a.m. By=20 the beginning of dawn it's in good view high in the east in a telescope. JUPITER, at magnitude -2.8, rises in the=20 east-northeast around the end of twilight.=20 Jupiter shines highest in the early-morning=20 hours, making this the best time to examine it=20 and its moons with a birding scope. SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.8, is disappearing for the season. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - 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 --=====================_12284234==.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> </font><font size=3D5 color=3D"#0000FF"><b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE<br><br> </u>Some events in the changing sky for September 24 =96 30<br><br> <br> </b></font><font size=3D4>The </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SEPTEMBER EQUINOX</b></font><font size=3D4> was at 6:04 a.m. Friday morning, when the Sun crossed the equator heading south for the season. Fall began in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere.<br><br> On Tuesday, Sept. 27, the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>MOON </b></font><font size=3D4>[Lune] will go into its New Phase meaning it will rise and set with the sun to give us with dark nights. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides.<br><br> On Saturday, September 24, the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SU= N </b></font><font size=3D4>[Soleil] rose at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 7:14 p.m. On Saturday, October 1, the sun will rise at 7:17 a.m. and set at 7:00 p.m. They are getting shorter!!<br><br> </font><font size=3D5 color=3D"#0000FF"><b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup<br><br> </u></font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF">MERCURY </b></font><font size=3D4>[Mercure] is hidden in the glare of the Sun.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>VENUS </b></font><font size=3D4>[V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, may be catchable in binoculars just above the due-west horizon a mere 15 minutes after sunset and will be hard to pick up. It will become the "Evening Star" blazing high in twilight in the coming months.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>MARS</b></font><font size=3D4>, a= t magnitude +1.3, rises around 3 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's in good view high in the east in a telescope.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>JUPITER</b></font><font size=3D4>= , at magnitude -2.8, rises in the east-northeast around the end of twilight. Jupiter shines highest in the early-morning hours, making this the best time to examine it and its moons with a birding scope.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SATURN </b></font><font size=3D4>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.8, is disappearing for the season. <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><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> </font>White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_12284234==.ALT--
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