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[NatureNS] Upcoming Night Sky Highlights - August 9 - 17

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*Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:*

*This Week's Sky at a Glance*
*Some night sky sights for August 9 - 17*

The annual Perseid meteor shower should be at its most active Sunday and
Monday nights, August 11and 12 in the early morning hours.  =93*A perennial
favorite among skywatchers, the Perseid meteor shower makes its annual
return on the nights of August 11-12 and 12-13.  The Perseid meteor shower
peaks this year when there's almost no Moon, affording a dark sky for late-
night shooting-star spectators and counters*.=94

*Meteor Shower Web sites:*
http://astronomy.com/perseids2013
http://tinyurl.com/kod2ar8

By about 11 p.m., W-shaped *Cassiopeia *is now as high in the northeast as
the *Big Dipper* is in the northwest. Cassiopeia will grow more ascendant
over the Dipper in the evening for the next several months as the seasons
turn.

On Wednesday, August 14, the *Moon *will enter its First Quarter Phase
meaning it will rise at noon and set at midnight.

On Saturday, August 10 the *sun *rose at 6:13 a.m. and will set at 8:36
p.m. giving 14 hours 23 minutes of daylight hours.  On Saturday, August 17,
the sun will rise at 6:21 a.m. and set at 8:24 p.m. to give 14 hours 03
minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick).
 <http://tinyurl.com/kod2ar8>
*This Week's Planet Roundup*

*Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter* shine in the east-northeast before and/or
during dawn. *Jupiter *is the highest and brightest (magnitude -1.9). Look
for faint *Mars *(magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to Jupiter's lower left.

Look far down to Mars's lower left, as dawn brightens, for *Mercury *(magni=
tude
-1).

*Venus *(magnitude -3.9) shines brightly very low in the west in evening
twilight.

*Saturn *(magnitude +0.7) glows in the southwest as twilight fades, with *S=
pica
*12=B0 to its lower right. High to their upper right is brighter *Arcturus*=
.


Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos:

*1) - Meteors and Aurorae over Iceland<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130807.h=
tml>
 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130807.html*
*
2) - Perseids over Meteora <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130810.html> *
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130810.html

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<font size=3D"4"><b>Courtesy of Nelson
Poirier:</b><br><br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4=
"><b>This Week&#39;s Sky at a Glance</b></font><br><u><font size=3D"4"><b>S=
ome night sky sights for August 9 - 17</b></font></u><br></div><font size=
=3D"4"><br>

The annual Perseid meteor shower should be at its most active Sunday and Mo=
nday nights, August 11and 12 in the early morning hours.=A0 </font><font si=
ze=3D"4"><font size=3D"4">=93<i>A perennial favorite among skywatchers, the=
 <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Perseid meteor shower</b></span> m=
akes its annual return on the <span class=3D"il">nights</span> of August 11=
-12 and 12-13.=A0 The Perseid meteor shower peaks this year when there&#39;=
s almost no Moon, affording a dark <span class=3D"il">sky</span> for late-<=
span class=3D"il">night</span> shooting-star spectators and counters</i>.=
=94 <br>


<br><u><b>Meteor Shower Web sites:</b></u><br><a href=3D"http://astronomy.c=
om/perseids2013" target=3D"_blank">http://astronomy.com/perseids2013</a><sp=
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<a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/kod2ar8" target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com=
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<br><br>By about 11 p.m., W-shaped <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>=
Cassiopeia </b></span>is now as high in the northeast as the <span style=3D=
"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> is in the northwest. Cassio=
peia will grow more ascendant over the Dipper in the evening for the next s=
everal months as the seasons turn.<br>



<br>On Wednesday, August 14, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mo=
on </b></span>will enter its First Quarter Phase meaning it will rise at no=
on and set at midnight.<br><br>On Saturday, August 10 the <span style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>sun </b></span>rose at 6:13 a.m. and will set at 8:3=
6 p.m. giving 14 hours 23 minutes of daylight hours.=A0 On Saturday, August=
 17, the sun will rise at 6:21 a.m. and set at 8:24 p.m. to give 14 hours 0=
3 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). =
</font><br>

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<br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Wee=
k&#39;s Planet Roundup</b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><br><span s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter</b></span> shin=
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(51,51,255)"><b>Jupiter </b></span>is the highest and brightest (magnitude =
-1.9). Look for faint <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mars </b></sp=
an>(magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to Jupiter&#39;s lower left. <br>



<br>Look far down to Mars&#39;s lower left, as dawn brightens, for <span st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mercury </b></span>(magnitude -1). <br><br>=
<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>(magnitude -3.9) s=
hines brightly very low in the west in evening twilight. <br>

<br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Saturn </b></span>(magnitude +0=
.7) glows in the southwest as twilight fades, with <span style=3D"color:rgb=
(51,51,255)"><b>Spica </b></span>12=B0 to its lower right. High to their up=
per right is brighter <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Arcturus</b><=
/span>.<br>

<br><br>Blake&#39;s Pick of NASA&#39;s Weekly Photos: </font><br><br><font =
size=3D"4"><b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><a href=3D"http://apod.n=
asa.gov/apod/ap130807.html">1) - Meteors and Aurorae over Iceland</a><br></=
span>=A0<a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130807.html">http://apod.nas=
a.gov/apod/ap130807.html</a></b><br>

</font><font size=3D"4"><b><br><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap13081=
0.html"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">2) - Perseids over Meteora</sp=
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<a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130810.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/ap=
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