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--14dae939908734998804c16b20a0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: This Week's Sky at a Glance *Some night sky sights for June 1 =96 9* By 11 p.m. the *Summer Triangle* is up in the east. Its top corner is *Vega= *, the brightest star in the eastern sky. *Deneb *is the brightest star to Vega's lower left. Look for *Altair *farther to Venus's lower right. On Tuesday afternoon, June 5, the *Transit of Venus across the face of the Sun* takes place. This should definitely be not looked at directly without proper filters or some other method of projecting it on a screen or some other object which can be done with binoculars placed properly. Web site = =3D *http://tinyurl.com/cvl862u* On Monday June 4, the *Moon *will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night as it rises as the sun sets and sets as the sun rises. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. With June well under way, the *Big Dipper* has swung around to hang down by its handle high in the northwest during evening. On Saturday, June 2, the *Sun *will rise at 5:38 a.m. and set at 9:05 p.m. On Saturday June 9, the sun will rise at 5:35 a.m. and set at 9:10 p.m. *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury* is beginning to emerge into view low in the sunset. By late this week, look for it low in the west-northwest about 30 minutes after sundown. *Venus* is essentially hidden in the glare of the Sun this week =97 except for about 6 hours and 20 minutes when its *black silhouette transits the face of the Sun itself* on the afternoon of June 5. For full information, see the article *Your Guide to Viewing the Transit of Venus<http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Your-Viewing-Guide-to-t= he-Transit-of-Venus-155396605.html> * and its links to safely viewing the Sun, photographing the event, watching it on webcams worldwide, and much more. This will be the last Venus transit until 2117. *Mars* (magnitude +0.5) shines orange high in the southwest at dusk and lower in the west as evening grows late. *Jupiter* is buried deep in the sunrise. *Saturn* (magnitude +0.5) shines high in the south at nightfall. Below it by nearly 5=B0 is Spica, looking a trace fainter and bluer. By late evening they move to the southwest. Saturn=92s rings can be clearly seen 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> --14dae939908734998804c16b20a0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4">Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br><br></font> <h1 style=3D"margin-top:8.35pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.2pt;margin-= left:0in">This Week's Sky at a Glance</h1> <h4 style=3D"margin:0in 0in 8.35pt"><font size=3D"4"><i>Some night sky sigh= ts for June 1 =96 9</i></font></h4> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4">By 11 p.m. the <b style=3D"color:rg= b(51,51,255)">Summer Triangle</b> is up in the east. Its top corner is <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Vega</b>, the brightest star in= the eastern sky. <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Deneb </b>is the bright= est star to Vega's lower left. Look for <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">A= ltair </b>farther to Venus's lower right.<span>=A0 </span></font></p> <p><font size=3D"4"><span>On Tuesday afternoon, June 5</span>, the <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Transit of Venus across the face of t= he Sun</b> takes place. This should definitely be not looked at directly without proper filters or some other method of projecting it on a screen or some other object which can be done = with binoculars placed properly.=A0 Web site =3D <b><a href=3D"http://tinyurl.co= m/cvl862u">http://tinyurl.com/cvl862u</a></b></font></p> <p><font size=3D"4">On Monday June 4, the <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"= >Moon </b>will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night as it rises as the sun sets and sets as the sun rises. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides.</font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4">With June well under way, the <b st= yle=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Big Dipper</b> has swung around to hang down by its handle high in the northwest during evening.</font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4">=A0</font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4">On Saturday, June 2, the <b style= =3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Sun </b>will rise at 5:38 a.m. and set at 9:05 p.m. On Saturday June 9, the sun will rise at 5:35 a.m. and set at = 9:10 p.m</font>.<span style>=A0 </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"= ;Arial","sans-serif"">This Week's Planet Roundup</span></b> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4"><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">M= ercury</b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>is beginning to emer= ge into view low in the sunset. By late this week, look for it low in the west-northwest about 30 minutes after sundown. </font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4">=A0</font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"4"><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">V= enus</b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>is essentially hidden = in the glare of the Sun this week =97 except for about 6 hours and 20 minutes when its <b>black silhouette transits the face of the Sun itself</b> on the afternoon of June= 5. For full information, see the article <b><a href=3D"http://www.skyandtelescope.= com/observing/home/Your-Viewing-Guide-to-the-Transit-of-Venus-155396605.htm= l" target=3D"new_window">Your Guide to Viewing the Transit of Venus</a></b>= and its links to safely viewing the Sun, photographing the event, watching it on webcams worldwide, and much more. This will be the last Venus transit until 2117. </font></p> <p><font size=3D"4"><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Mars</b><span style= =3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude +0.5) shines orange high in th= e southwest at dusk and lower in the west as evening grows late. </font></p> <p><font size=3D"4"><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Jupiter</b><span styl= e=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>is buried deep in the sunrise. </font></= p> <p><font size=3D"4"><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Saturn</b><span style= =3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude +0.5