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--001a1133148a47e2d404efc8b20e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *January 10 - 18* On Monday, January 13, *Betelgeuse *is lower right of the *Moon *in early evening. *Jupiter *is to the Moon's lower left. On Tuesday, January 14 *Jupiter *shines left of the nearly full Moon early in the evening. On Thursday, January 16, the *Moon *will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. This happens to be the smallest full Moon of 2014. Jupiter shines above it in early evening. As the evening grows late, Jupiter swings to the Moon's upper right. As the stars come out, face north and look very high overhead for *Cassiopeia*, oriented now like a flattened letter M. As the night proceeds, it swings down in the northwest tilting sideways. This the *Big Dipper's* time of year to swing up from the low north-northeast after dusk to stand on its handle in the northeast by about 10 p.m. On Saturday, January 11, the *sun *rose at 8:00 a.m. and will set at 4:55 p.m. giving 8 hours 55 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, January 18, the sun will rise at 7:56 a.m. and set at 5:04 p.m. to give 9 hours 8 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *The days are getting longer!* *This Week's Planet Roundup * * The Sun:* A big active sunspot region, AR 1944, is visible to the unaided eye through a safe solar filter (or a #14 rectangular arc-welder's filter) for the first few days this week. It rotates closer toward the Sun's celestial western limb each day. *Mercury *and *Venus *are in hidden the glare of the Sun. *Mars *(magnitude +0.7) rises around 1:00 a.m. It's highest in the south before the first light of dawn. *Jupiter *(magnitude -2.7) is just past its January 5th opposition. It glares low in the east as twilight fades, and then rises higher in the east all evening. *Saturn *(magnitude +0.6) is well up in the southeast as dawn begins to brighten. Look for it far to the lower left of Mars, and even farther below brighter Arcturus. Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos: *Sunspot at Sunset <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140108.html> * http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140108.html -- 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> --001a1133148a47e2d404efc8b20e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4"><b>Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:</b><br><u><b><br></b></u></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><= font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's Sky at a Glance</b></u></font><br><fo= nt size=3D"4"><u><b>January 10 - 18</b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4= "><br> On Monday, January 13, <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Betelgeuse </b= ></span>is lower right of the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Moon </= b></span>in early evening. <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Jupiter </= b></span>is to the Moon's lower left. <br> <br>On Tuesday, January 14 <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Jupiter </= b></span>shines left of the nearly full Moon early in the evening.<br>=A0<b= r>On Thursday, January 16, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Moon <= /b></span>will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Exp= ect higher high tides and lower low tides. This happens to be the smallest = full Moon of 2014. Jupiter shines above it in early evening. As the evening= grows late, Jupiter swings to the Moon's upper right. <br> <br>As the stars come out, face north and look very high overhead for <span= style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Cassiopeia</b></span>, oriented now like a= flattened letter M. As the night proceeds, it swings down in the northwest= tilting sideways. <br> <br>This the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Big Dipper's</b></sp= an> time of year to swing up from the low north-northeast after dusk to sta= nd on its handle in the northeast by about 10 p.m. <br><br>On Saturday, Jan= uary 11, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>sun </b></span>rose at 8= :00 a.m. and will set at 4:55 p.m. giving 8 hours 55 minutes of daylight ho= urs.=A0 On Saturday, January 18, the sun will rise at 7:56 a.m. and set at = 5:04 p.m. to give 9 hours 8 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for= Moncton, New Brunswick). <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>The days ar= e getting longer!</b></span><br> <br><br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This= Week's Planet Roundup </b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><br> The Sun:</b></span> A big active sunspot region, AR 1944, is visible to the= unaided eye through a safe solar filter (or a #14 rectangular arc-welder&#= 39;s filter) for the first few days this week. It rotates closer toward the= Sun's celestial western limb each day. <br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Mercury </b></span>and <span styl= e=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>are in hidden the glare of the= Sun. <br><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Mars </b></span>(magn= itude +0.7) rises around 1:00 a.m. It's highest in the south before the= first light of dawn. <br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Jupiter </b></span>(magnitude -2.= 7) is just past its January 5th opposition. It glares low in the east as tw= ilight fades, and then rises higher in the east all evening. <br><br><span = style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Saturn </b></span>(magnitude +0.6) is well = up in the southeast as dawn begins to brighten. Look for it far to the lowe= r left of Mars, and even farther below brighter Arcturus.<br> <br><br>Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos:<div class=3D"gmail_de= fault" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inlin= e"> <b><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140108.html">Sunspot at Sunse= t</a> </b> </div> <br><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140108.html">http://apod.nasa.go= v/apod/ap140108.html</a><br><span></span></font><div><div><img src=3D"https= ://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div> </div><span><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mail= to:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </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 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