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--047d7b15fa0b5c7cb004db6b488b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: *This Week's Sky at a Glance Some night sky sights for April 26 - May 4* It's entering May, yet the winter star *Sirius *still twinkles low above the west-southwest horizon in late twilight. On Thursday, May 2, the *Moon *will go into its Last Quarter Phase meaning we it will rise at midnight and set at noon. As soon as it's fully dark, look for the *Big Dipper* very high in the north-northeast. It's upside down, with its handle to the right and its bowl to the left. It's "dumping water" directly into the bowl the much dimmer *Little Dipper* down below. The three brightest stars of the May dusk are all 0 magnitude: *Capella *in the northwest, *Vega *lower in the northeast, and *Arcturus *high in the east. On Saturday, April 27, the *Sun *rose at 6:13 a.m. and will set at 8:21 p.m. giving 14 hours 9 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, May 4, the sun will rise at 6:02 a.m. and set at 8:30 p.m. to give 14 hours 29 minutes of daylight hours (these values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury *is lost in the glow of dawn. *Venus *(magnitude -3.9) is just beginning an evening apparition that will continue for the rest of the year. Use binoculars to look for Venus a mere 15 or 20 minutes after sunset, barely above the west-northwest horizon. It's far to the lower right of Jupiter. *Mars *remains hidden in the glare of the Sun. Not until summer will it emerge in the dawn. *Jupiter *(magnitude -2.0) is the first "star" to come out in the west after sunset, a little lower every day. It descends in the evening and sets around 11 p.m. Below Jupiter twinkles orange *Aldebaran*. *Saturn *(magnitude +0.1) is at opposition Saturday night April 27th. All week it glows low in the east-southeast as twilight fades (to the lower left of *Spica *and farther lower right of *Arcturus*). It rises higher all evening and shines highest in the south in the middle of the night. Blake's NASA Picks of the Week (two of them this time): *Wringing a Wet Towel in Orbit <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html>* http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html You must see this video by Canadian Chris Hadfield, the Space Station Commander. *Airglow, Gegenschein, and Milky Way*<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130420.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130420.html
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