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--bcaec52becf55758a804dda26b6a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: * * *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *Night Sky Sights for May 24 - June 1* On Saturday, May 25, the *moon *went into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. This is the time of year when bright *Spica *shines due south just after dark. It's far to the lower right of high, bright *Arcturus*. It is not even June yet, and the *Big Dipper* after dusk is already turning around to hang down by its handle. Look for it high in the northwest. *Vega *is the brightest star in the east-northeast these evenings. On Saturday, May 25, the *sun *rose at 5:37 a.m. and will set at 8:56 p.m. giving 15 hours 19 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, June 1, the sun will rise at 5:32 a.m. and set at 9:02 p.m. to give 15 hours 31 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter* are bunched together low in the afterglow of sunset, forming a new configuration each evening. They're magnitudes -1, -4, and -2, respectively. From May 24th through May 29th the three form a 'trio', fitting in a circle 5=B0 in diameter. They're bunched most tightly, fitting in a 2=BD=B0 circle, on the evening of May 26th. *Mars *is hidden behind the glare of the Sun. *Saturn *(magnitude +0.2) glows in the southeast during twilight, with Spica to its upper right and Arcturus twice as far to its upper left. It's highest in the south not long after dark. In a telescope, Saturn's rings are nicely tilted 18=B0 from our line of sight and can be nicely viewed wit= h a birding scope on a clear night. --=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>** --bcaec52becf55758a804dda26b6a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div style=3D"text-align:left"><font size=3D"4">Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:</font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><b><br></b></font><div style=3D"t= ext-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><b>This Week's Sky at a Glance</b></= font><br><font size=3D"4"><b>Night Sky Sights for May 24 - June 1</b></font= ><br> </div><font size=3D"4"><br>On Saturday, May 25, the <span style=3D"color:rg= b(51,51,255)"><b>moon </b></span>went into its Full Phase meaning we will s= ee it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. <br><br>This= is the time of year when bright <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Sp= ica </b></span>shines due south just after dark. It's far to the lower = right of high, bright <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Arcturus</b><= /span>. <br> <br>It is not even June yet, and the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><= b>Big Dipper</b></span> after dusk is already turning around to hang down b= y its handle. Look for it high in the northwest.<br><br><span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Vega </b></span>is the brightest star in the east-nort= heast these evenings. <br> <br>On Saturday, May 25, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>sun </= b></span>rose at 5:37 a.m. and will set at 8:56 p.m. giving 15 hours 19 min= utes of daylight hours.=A0 On Saturday, June 1, the sun will rise at 5:32 a= .m. and set at 9:02 p.m. to give 15 hours 31 minutes of daylight hours (The= se values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). <br> <br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><b>This Week&#= 39;s Planet Roundup</b></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><br><span style=3D= "color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter</b></span> are bunche= d together low in the afterglow of sunset, forming a new configuration each= evening. They're magnitudes -1, -4, and -2, respectively. From May 24t= h through May 29th the three form a 'trio', fitting in a circle 5= =B0 in diameter. They're bunched most tightly, fitting in a 2=BD=B0 cir= cle, on the evening of May 26th.<br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mars </b></span>is hidden behin= d the glare of the Sun.<br><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Satu= rn </b></span>(magnitude +0.2) glows in the southeast during twilight, with= Spica to its upper right and Arcturus twice as far to its upper left. It&#= 39;s highest in the south not long after dark.=A0 In a telescope, Saturn= 9;s rings are nicely tilted 18=B0 from our line of sight and can be nicely = viewed with a birding scope on a clear night.<br> <br></font>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" ta= rget=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia</font><br> <font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" target= =3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16p= x;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"></spa= n><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><spa= n style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span styl= 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