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--Apple-Mail-1--786060130 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi folks, I've been keeping an eye on the evening sky. This evening was especially = nice. I'm sure you have been noticing the sights too. There is a neat = show taking place in the western sky just now. VENUS and JUPITER , the two VERY BRIGHT planets, are getting closer in = the sky each night, and will soon be side by side ( March 12,13, 14) = making a very attractive sight in the early evening sky (6:30 to 7 p.m. = is a good time to look (in the twilight, when the darkening sky still = has some blue in it). Venus is the brightest of the pair. Even sooner: evenings of Feb 25, 26 and 27 will also be particularly = nice with the crescent moon passing near the two planets. March 9 to = March 16 also will be nice and ESPECIALLY MARCH 13 and 14 when the two = planets will be at their CLOSEST (a planetary conjunction). A bright = gathering like that does not take place all that often. So have a good = look whenever you can, especially in a location away from distracting = yard and street lights. The two planets look close in the sky but in actual space they are quite = far apart. Light from Venus (appears brightest) takes only about 6 or 7 = minutes to reach Earth whereas light from Jupiter(physically the = largest) takes about 40 minutes to get here (compared to light = reflected from the Moon, which takes only 1.25 sec) . It is indeed quite a sight in a nice clear, darkening, western sky, = early evening. More about the event on my website=20 http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site_2/Home_Site.html=20 and here is a you tube video on it too.=20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dx8br4JiFEik Sirius, the Dog Star (nine light-years away), is quite bright, in the = south. It twinkles and refracts into different colours. The bright = (slightly red-orange "star" up in the southeast by mid-evening is MARS, = getting closer and brighter (now about 6 light-minutes distant). By = early March it will be high in the=20 south by midnight, with the Full Moon positioned near Mars, March 6,7 = and 8. Space Stn (ISS) is currently making visible passes in the evening sky. = Get a schedule for a location near you or paste this in the URL = window: http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site/HeavensAboveLink.html Wishing you clear, evening skies, Sherm= --Apple-Mail-1--786060130 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', = tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; ">Hi = folks,</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, = sans-serif; line-height: 14px; ">I've been keeping an eye on the evening = sky. This evening was especially nice. I'm sure you have been noticing = the sights too. There is a neat show taking place in the western sky = just now.<br><br>VENUS and JUPITER , the two VERY BRIGHT planets, are = getting closer in the sky each night, and will soon be side by side ( = March 12,13, 14) making a very attractive sight in the early evening sky = (6:30 to 7 p.m. is a good time to look (in the twilight, when the = darkening sky still has some blue in it). Ve<span = class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display: inline; ">nus is the = brightest of the pair.<br><br>Even sooner: evenings of Feb 25, 26 and 27 = will also be particularly nice with the crescent moon passing near the = two planets. March 9 to March 16 also will be nice and ESPECIALLY MARCH = 13 and 14 when the two planets will be at their CLOSEST = (</span></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; = ">a planetary conjunction)</span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, = sans-serif; line-height: 14px; ">. A bright gathering like that does not = take place all that often. So have a good look whenever you can, = especially in a location away from distracting yard and street = lights.</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, = sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" = style=3D"display: inline; "><br>The two planets look close in the sky = but in actual space they are quite far apart. Light from Venus (appears = brightest) takes only about 6 or 7 minutes to reach Earth whereas light = from Jupiter(physically the largest) takes about 40 minutes to get = here (compared to light reflected from the Moon, which takes only 1.25 = sec) .<br><br>It is indeed quite a sight in a nice clear, darkening, = western sky, early evening. More about the event on my = website <br><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site_2/Home_Site.html" = target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow nofollow" style=3D"cursor: pointer; = color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; = ">http://web.mac.com/sherm39/<wbr><span class=3D"word_break" = style=3D"display: inline-block; = "></span>Site_2/Home_Site.html</a> <br>and here is a you tube video = on it too. <br><a href=3D"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dx8br4JiFEi= k" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow nofollow" style=3D"cursor: pointer; = color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; = "><span>http://www.youtube.com/</span><wbr><span class=3D"word_break" = style=3D"display: inline-block; = "></span>watch?v=3Dx8br4JiFEik</a></span></span></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', = tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span = class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display: inline; = "><br></span></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, = sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" = style=3D"display: inline; ">Sirius, the Dog Star (nine light-years = away), is quite bright, in the south. It twinkles and refracts into = different colours. The bright (slightly red-orange "star" up in the = southeast by mid-evening is MARS, getting closer and brighter (now about = 6 light-minutes distant). By early March it will be high in = the </span></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, = sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" = style=3D"display: inline; "><br></span></span></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', = tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span = class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display: inline; "> south by = midnight, with the Full Moon positioned near Mars, March 6,7 and = 8.</span></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, = sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class=3D"text_exposed_show" = style=3D"display: inline; "><br></span></span></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', = tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; ">Space Stn (ISS) = is currently making visible passes in the evening sky. </span><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site/HeavensAboveLink.html">Get a = schedule for a location near you </a> or paste this in the = URL window: <a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site/HeavensAboveLink.html">http://web.= mac.com/sherm39/Site/HeavensAboveLink.html</a></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande', = tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span = class=3D"text_exposed_show" style=3D"display: inline; "><br>Wishing you = clear, evening skies, Sherm</span></span></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--786060130--
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