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adding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px">& --Boundary_(ID_97QVhV0HzISzdrBbK02tVw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Yep, I read them every week.=20 Sent from my iPhone On 2013-08-31, at 8:00 PM, Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrote: > Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: >=20 > This Week's Sky at a Glance > Some night sky sights for August 30 - September 7 >=20 > By about 10 p.m. now, W-shaped Cassiopeia has risen as high in the northea= st as the Big Dipper is in the northwest. Midway between them, and a bit hig= her, is Polaris. Cassiopeia will grow more ascendant over the Dipper in the c= oming weeks and months as the seasons turn. >=20 > Right after dark at this time of year, bright Vega shines almost straight o= verhead.=20 >=20 > On Thursday, September 5, the moon will go into its New Phase meaning we w= ill not see it at all during the night. Expect higher high tides and lower l= ow tides >=20 > On Saturday, August 31 the sun rose at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 7:59 p.m.= giving 13 hours 20 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, September 7, th= e sun will rise at 6:47 a.m. and set at 7:48 p.m. to give 13 hours 1 minute o= f daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick).=20 > Note: I mistakenly placed this same sunrise:sunset schedule out last week.= No one called me to task! Is this not being read anymore??=20 >=20 > This Week's Planet Roundup >=20 > Mercury is hidden in the glare of sunset. >=20 > Venus (magnitude -4.0) shines brightly low in the west in evening twilight= , far below Arcturus. Look a little to its left for much fainter Spica early= in the week, then watch Venus close in on Spica every day. It passes less t= han 2=C2=B0 above Spica on September 5th. Binoculars help. Look too for Satu= rn about 14=C2=B0 upper left of Spica. >=20 > Mars and Jupiter shine in the east before and during dawn. Jupiter is the h= ighest and brightest (magnitude -2.0). Look for fainter Mars (magnitude +1.6= ) increasingly far to Jupiter's lower left.=20 >=20 > Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos: A Retreating Thunderstorm at Sunset=20= > http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html >=20 > --=20 > Blake Maybank > White's Lake, Nova Scotia=20 >=20 > My Blog: CSI: Life > My Photos: Fine Art America > Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club >=20 --Boundary_(ID_97QVhV0HzISzdrBbK02tVw) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Yep, I read them every week. <br>= <br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2013-08-31, at 8:00 PM, Blake Mayba= nk <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrot= e:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><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's Sky at a Glance</b></font><br><u><font size=3D"4"><b>Some ni= ght sky sights for August 30 - September 7</b></font></u><br></div><font siz= e=3D"4"><br> By about 10 p.m. now, W-shaped <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Cassiop= eia </b></span>has risen as high in the northeast as the <span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> is in the northwest. Midway between= them, and a bit higher, is Polaris. Cassiopeia will grow more ascendant ove= r the Dipper in the coming weeks and months as the seasons turn.<br> <br>Right after dark at this time of year, bright <span style=3D"color:rgb(0= ,0,255)"><b>Vega </b></span>shines almost straight overhead. <br><br>On Thur= sday, September 5, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>moon </b></span= >will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it at all during the nig= ht. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides<br> <br>On Saturday, August 31 the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>sun </b= ></span>rose at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 7:59 p.m. giving 13 hours 20 minut= es of daylight hours. On Saturday, September 7, the sun will rise at 6= :47 a.m. and set at 7:48 p.m. to give 13 hours 1 minute of daylight hours (T= hese values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). <br> Note: I mistakenly placed this same sunrise:sunset schedule out last week. N= o one called me to task! Is this not being read anymore?? <br><br></font><di= v style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's Planet Roun= dup</b></u></font><br> </div><font size=3D"4"><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Mercury </b= ></span>is hidden in the glare of sunset.<br><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,= 0,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>(magnitude -4.0) shines brightly low in the west= in evening twilight, far below <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Arctur= us</b></span>. Look a little to its left for much fainter <span style=3D"col= or:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Spica </b></span>early in the week, then watch Venus clo= se in on Spica every day. It passes less than 2=C2=B0 above Spica on Septemb= er 5th. Binoculars help. Look too for Saturn about 14=C2=B0 upper left of Sp= ica.<br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Mars and Jupiter</b></span> shine i= n the east before and during dawn. Jupiter is the highest and brightest (mag= nitude -2.0). Look for fainter Mars (magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to Jup= iter's lower left. <br> <br>Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos:<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D= "font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline"><b> <a href=3D= "http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html">A Retreating Thunderstorm at Sunse= t </a></b> <br> </div><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html">http://apod.nasa.g= ov/apod/ap130828.html</a><br><br></font>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"m= ailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia </font><br> <font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog: <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" targ= et=3D"_blank">