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--047d7b66fef3d3e58d04d175cb43 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *Night sky sights for December 21 =96 29* By about 10 p.m. at this time of year, the dim *Little Dipper* hangs straight down from *Polaris*, as if from a nail on the cold north wall of the sky. Winter began in Earth's Northern Hemisphere on Friday morning at the *S olstice*, 7:12 a.m., when the Sun begins its six-month return northward. This is the shortest day of the year and the longest night. Every year during Christmas season, the star *Sirius *rises in the east-southeast, far below *Orion*, around 8 p.m. When Sirius is still low, binoculars often show it twinkling in vivid colors. All stars do this when low. But Sirius is the brightest, making the effect more pronounced. * * On Friday, December 28, the *Moon *will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides On Saturday, December 22, the *Sun *rose at 8:00 a.m. and will set at 4:44 p.m. On Saturday, December 29, the sun will rise at 8:02 a.m. and set at 4:49 p.m. *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury* (magnitude =960.5) can be spotted during dawn, well to the lower left of brilliant Venus low in the southeast. They're 8=B0 or 9=B0 apart. *Venus* (magnitude =963.9) is still the bright =91Morning Star=92, but it's moving lower in the dawn every week. Look southeast. *Mars* (magnitude +1.2) still remains low in the southwest in evening twilight. *Jupiter* (magnitude =962.8) is up and gleaming in the east as twilight fades. It climbs to dominate the high eastern and southeastern sky in the evening, with the orange star *Aldebaran *5=B0 below it. Jupiter is highest in the south around 11 p.m. *Saturn* (magnitude +0.7) rises in the east-southeast around 4 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's fairly high in the southeast, far upper right of Venus. That's the best time to get your birding scope on it. Saturn's rings are now tilted 19=B0 to our line of sight, the widest open they've been in seven years. Blake's NASA daily photo picks: *Orion over El Castillo <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121221.html> * * * *http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121221.html * --=20 Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> My Photos: *Fine Art America*<http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/blake-maybank.html> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** --047d7b66fef3d3e58d04d175cb43 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4">Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br></font><br><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;ma= rgin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">T= his Week's Sky at a Glance</span></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><i><span>= Night sky sights for December 21 =96 29</span></i></b><span> <br></span></span></font= ></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>=A0</s= pan></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>By abo= ut 10 p.m. at this time of year, the dim <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>= Little Dipper</b></span> hangs straight down from <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Polaris</b></span>, as if from a na= il on the cold north wall of the sky.</span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><span>= =A0</span></span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>Winter began in Earth's Northern Hemisphere on Friday morning at the <span sty= le=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><font size=3D"4">S</font>olstice</b></span>,= 7:12 a.m., when the Sun begins its six-month return northward. This is the short= est day of the year and the longest night. </span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>=A0</s= pan></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>Every year during Christmas season, the star <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"= ><b>Sirius </b></span>rises in the east-southeast, far below <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Orion</b></span>, around 8 p.= m. When Sirius is still low, binoculars often show it twinkling in vivid colors. All stars do this when low. But Sirius is the brightest, making the effect more pronounced. </span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span>=A0= </span></b></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>On Fri= day, December 28, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><font size=3D= "4">M</font>oon </b></span>will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and l= ower low tides</span><span> </span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>=A0</s= pan></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>On Saturday, December 22, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><font si= ze=3D"4">S</font>un </b></span>rose at 8:00 a.m. and will set at 4:44 p.m. = On Saturday, December 29, the sun will rise at 8:02 a.m. and set at 4:49 p.m. = </span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;lin= e-height:normal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times Ne= w Roman","serif""><br> <br> </span><b><span style=3D"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",&qu= ot;sans-serif"">This Week's Planet Roundup</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-fa= mily:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;lin= e-height:normal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times Ne= w Roman","serif"">=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style= =3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><span>Mercury</span></b></span><span><span sty= le=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude =960.5) can be spotted during dawn, well to the lower left of brilliant Venus low in the southeast= . They're 8=B0 or 9=B0 apart. <br></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size=3D"= 4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></= font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)= "><b><span>Venus</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)= "> </span>(magnitude =963.9) is still the bright =91Morning Star=92, but it's moving lower in the dawn every week= . Look southeast. <br></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"lin= e-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-se= rif"><span><br></span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)= "><b><span>Mars</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"= > </span>(magnitude +1.2) still remains low in the southwest in evening twilight. <br></span></span></font></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)= "><b><span>Jupiter</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,25= 5)"> </span>(magnitude =962.8) is up and gleaming in the east as twilight fades. It climbs to dominate the high eastern and southeastern sky in the evening, with the orange star <span style=3D"color:= rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Aldebaran </b></span>5=B0 below it. Jupiter is highest in the south around 11 p.m.<span>=A0 <br></span></span><= /span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font = size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><span><br></= span></span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)= "><b><span>Saturn</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255= )"> </span>(magnitude +0.7) rises in the east-southeast around 4 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's fairly high = in the southeast, far upper right of Venus. That's the best time to get your b= irding scope<a name=3D"13bc405fb9f6fc2f__GoBack"></a> on it. Saturn's rings ar= e now tilted 19=B0 to our line of sight, the widest open they've been in seven years. <br></span>= </span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><br><= font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span></span>= </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><font size=3D"4">Blake's = NASA dail<font size=3D"4">y photo pic<font size=3D"4">ks:=A0 </font></font>= </font></span></span></font><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif"><span><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><b= ><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121221.html">Orion over El Castillo= =A0</a></b></font></font></font></span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><font size=3D"4"><font size= =3D"4"><font 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