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--e89a8fb1ef563a87ed04b9e1c7ba Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 Feb 26 - March 3 There is an action-packed week ahead. Let's hope for some clear-sky nights. On Sunday, Feb. 26, the crecent *MOON *[Lune] pairs with Jupiter and it's Venus's turn to be the spectator. On Monday, Feb. 27, see the six brightest night objects at once. The last few days of February and the first few days of March offer us a rare chance to see at least a half dozen of the night sky's brightest objects simultaneously, 30 to 60 minutes after sunset. In order of brightness, they are the MOON, VENUS, JUPITER, the star SIRIUS, MARS and MERCURY. On Wednesday, Feb. 29, the MOON will go into its first quarter phase, meaning that it will rise at noon and set at midnight. On Saturday, Feb. 25, the *SUN *[Soleil] rose at 7:09 a.m. and will set at 6:04 p.m. On Saturday, Mar. 3, it will rise at 6:57 a.m. and set at 6:14 p.m.* **This Week's Planet Roundup **MERCURY *[Mercure], about magnitude -1.0, is emerging into its best evening apparition of 2012. As the after-glow of sunset fades in the west, look for Mercury far to the lower right of bright Venus. *VENUS *[V=E9nus] and *JUPITER*, at magnitude -4.2 and -2.2, respectively, are the two bright "Evening Stars" shining in the southwest to west during and after dusk. Venus is the brighter, lower one. Watch Jupiter closing in on it by one degree every day. The gap between them narrows from 17 degrees to 10 degrees this week. These are the two brightest celestial objects after the Sun and the Moon. *MARS*, about magnitude -1.2, is nearing its March 3rd opposition. It rises bright fire-orange in the east during twilight and dominates the eastern sky after dark. Mars shines highest in the south after 1 a.m. *SATURN *[Saturne], at magnitude +0.5, rises in the east around 11 p.m. and shines brightest in the south around 4 a.m. The star *SPICA*, a little fainter at magnitude +1.0, and bluer, is 7 degrees to its right or upper right. Saturn's rings are tilted a generous 15 degrees from our line of sight, the most open the rings have appeared since 2007; They can be clearly observed with a birding scope on clear nights.* * --=20 Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com/> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns> --e89a8fb1ef563a87ed04b9e1c7ba Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4"><b>From the </b></font><b><font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"= 4">Nature Moncton Info Line</font></b><font size=3D"4">, courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br><br> </font><font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"4"><u><b>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE</b><br> </u></font><font size=3D"4">=A0<br></font> <font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"4"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">Some = events in the changing sky for Feb 26 - March 3</span><br style=3D"color:rg= b(51,0,51)"><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,= 51)">There is an action-packed week ahead. Let's hope for some clear-sk= y nights.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">On Sund= ay, Feb. 26, the crecent <b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">MOON </spa= n></b>[Lune] pairs with Jupiter and it's Venus's turn to be the spe= ctator. On Monday, Feb. 27, see the six brightest night objects at once. Th= e last few days of February and the first few days of March offer us a rare= chance to see at least a half dozen of the night sky's brightest objec= ts simultaneously, 30 to 60 minutes after sunset. In order of brightness, t= hey are the MOON, VENUS, JUPITER, the star SIRIUS, MARS and MERCURY.</span>= <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">On Wedn= esday, Feb. 29, the MOON will go into its first quarter phase, meaning that= it will rise at noon and set at midnight.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,= 0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">On Satu= rday, Feb. 25, the <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,102,255)">SUN </b>[Soleil] rose= at 7:09 a.m. and will set at 6:04 p.m. On Saturday, Mar. 3, it will rise a= t 6:57 a.m. and=A0 set at 6:14 p.m.</span><b><br> <br></b></font><font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"5"><font size=3D"4"><b><u>Th= is Week's Planet Roundup<br><br></u></b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><b><span style=3D= "color:rgb(51,51,255)">MERCURY </span></b>[Mercure], about magnitude -1.0, = is emerging into its best evening apparition of 2012. As the after-glow of = sunset fades in the west, look for Mercury far to the lower right of bright= Venus.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><b styl= e=3D"color:rgb(51,102,255)">VENUS </b>[V=E9nus] and <b style=3D"color:rgb(5= 1,51,255)">JUPITER</b>, at magnitude -4.2 and -2.2, respectively, are the t= wo=A0 bright "Evening Stars" shining in the southwest to west dur= ing and after dusk. Venus is the brighter, lower one. Watch Jupiter=A0 clos= ing in on it by one degree every day. The gap between them narrows from 17 = degrees to 10 degrees this week. These are the two brightest celestial obje= cts after the Sun and the Moon.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><b styl= e=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">MARS</b>, about magnitude -1.2, is nearing its M= arch 3rd opposition. It rises bright fire-orange in the east during twiligh= t and dominates the eastern sky after dark. Mars shines highest in the sout= h after 1 a.m.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><b><spa= n style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">SATURN </span></b>[Saturne], at magnitude = +0.5, rises in the east around 11 p.m. and shines brightest in the south ar= ound 4 a.m. The star <b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">SPICA</span></= b>, a little fainter at magnitude +1.0, and bluer, is 7 degrees to its righ= t or upper right. Saturn's rings are tilted a generous 15 degrees from = our line of sight, the most open the rings have appeared since 2007; They c= an be clearly observed with a birding scope on clear nights.</span></font><= b><u><br> </u></b></font><br>-- <font size=3D"4"><br><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail= .com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4">My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com/" ta= rget=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width= :16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;= min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-he= ight:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:1= 6px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"><= /span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span>= <span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style= =3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"pa= dding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-= right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><br> <br>Organiser, <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" target=3D"_blank= "><b>Maritimes Nature Travel Club</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;= width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:= 16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;m= in-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-hei= ght:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16= px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></= span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><= span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span s= tyle=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style= =3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"pa= dding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><br> <span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span> </font><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" target= =3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#0000ff"><u><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;wi= dth:16px;min-height:16px"></span></u></font></a><span style=3D"padding-righ= t:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px= ;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width= :16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;= min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-he= ight:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:1= 6px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"><= /span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span>= <span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style= =3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"pa= dding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span></font><font color=3D"#= 0000ff" size=3D"4"><u><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-heig= ht:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16p= x"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></s= pan><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span></= u></font><font size=3D"4"> </font><font size=3D"4"><br> Author, "<a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" target=3D"_blank"><b= >Birding Sites of Nova Scotia</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;widt= h:16px;min-height:16px"></span></font><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"paddi= ng-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-rig= ht:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><br> </font> <br> --e89a8fb1ef563a87ed04b9e1c7ba--
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