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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>
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<font size=3D"4">Courtesy of Nelson
Poirier:<br><br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><span style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><font size=3D"4">This Week&#39;s Sky at a Glance</font=
><br><br><font size=3D"4">Some night sky sights for April 26 - May 4</font>=
</b></span><br>

</div><font size=3D"4"><br>It&#39;s entering May, yet the winter star <span=
 style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Sirius </b></span>still twinkles low abo=
ve the west-southwest horizon in late twilight.<br><br>On Thursday, May 2, =
the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Moon </b></span>will go into it=
s Last Quarter Phase meaning we it will rise at midnight and set at noon.=
=A0 <br>

<br>As soon as it&#39;s fully dark, look for the <span style=3D"color:rgb(5=
1,51,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> very high in the north-northeast. It&#3=
9;s upside down, with its handle to the right and its bowl to the left. It&=
#39;s &quot;dumping water&quot; directly into the bowl the much dimmer <spa=
n style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Little Dipper</b></span> down below.<br=
>

<br>The three brightest stars of the May dusk are all 0 magnitude: <span st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Capella </b></span>in the northwest, <span =
style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Vega </b></span>lower in the northeast, a=
nd <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Arcturus </b></span>high in the =
east. <br>

<br>On Saturday, April 27, the <b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><fon=
t size=3D"4">S</font>un </span></b>rose at 6:13 a.m. and will set at 8:21 p=
.m. giving 14 hours 9 minutes of daylight hours.=A0 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 minute=
s of daylight hours (<font size=3D"4">t</font>hese values are for Moncton, =
New Brunswick). <br>

<br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>This Week&#39;s Planet Roundup</b></span></font><=
br></div><font size=3D"4"><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mercu=
ry </b></span>is lost in the glow of dawn.<br>

<br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>(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&#39;s far to the lower=
 right of Jupiter.<br>

<br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mars </b></span>remains hidden =
in the glare of the Sun. Not until summer will it emerge in the dawn.<br><b=
r><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Jupiter </b></span>(magnitude -2.=
0) is the first &quot;star&quot; to come out in the west after sunset, a li=
ttle lower every day. It descends in the evening and sets around=A0 11 p.m.=
 Below Jupiter twinkles orange <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Alde=
baran</b></span>.<br>

<br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Saturn </b></span>(magnitude +0=
.1) is at opposition Saturday night April 27th. All week it glows low in th=
e east-southeast as twilight fades (to the lower left of <span style=3D"col=
or:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Spica </b></span>and farther lower right of <span sty=
le=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Arcturus</b></span>). It rises higher all ev=
ening and shines highest in the south in the middle of the night.<br>

<br>Blake&#39;s N<font size=3D"4">ASA Picks of the Week<font size=3D"4"> (t=
wo of them this time):<br><br></font></font></font><br><font size=3D"4"><fo=
nt size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><b><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap13=
0424.html"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Wringing a Wet Towel in Orb=
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<a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130420.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/ap=
od/ap130420.html</a><br><br><font size=3D"4">From the Atacama Desert in Chi=
le<b><br><br></b></font></font>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bm=
aybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br>



White&#39;s Lake, Nova Scotia<br>

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>Maritimes Nature Travel Club</b></a><span onmouseout=3D"cancel =3D false; =
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