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--047d7bf186448bb180050bd913a4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8BJan=E2=80=8B2 9 - 1=E2=80=8B0=E2=80=8B* Some daily sky sights among the ever-changing Moon, planets, and stars. Venus and Mercury are just 2=C2=BD=C2=B0 apart now, low in the afterglow of= sunset in the southwest. Brilliant Venus is on top. They're drawing closer together and will appear closest next week. On Monday, January 5, the bright Moon forms a curving line this evening with Castor and Pollux to its upper left and Procyon to its lower right. Sirius and Procyon in the balance: From Procyon, look far to the right for brighter Sirius, the Dog Star, sparkling low in the east-southeast after dusk. Procyon will be higher. On Tuesday, January 6, watch lower left of the Moon for Jupiter and then Regulus to rise in early evening. By Wednesday, January 7, you can finally see Comet Lovejoy in a moonlight-free sky again - if you look within an hour or so after dark. The comet is closest to Earth tonight, and it's also entering its brightest two weeks at 5th or 4th magnitude. But you'll have to know exactly the correct point in the sky to examine! The waning gibbous Moon rises about an hour after darkness is complete. Brilliant Jupiter shines to its left. Although they look close together, Jupiter is 1,660 times farther away than the Moon - and 40 times larger in diameter. Catch Mercury and Venus shining closest together this as twilight fades on Saturday evening the 10th. Little Mars looks on from their upper left. On Thursday, January 8, Mercury and Venus are within 1=C2=B0 of each other,= low in the southwest in evening twilight, from now through next Monday. Think photo opportunity! Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all on the far side of the Sun from us now. In this coldest time of the year, the dim Little Dipper hangs straight down from Polaris after dusk as if from a nail on the cold north wall of the sky= . On Saturday, January 10, Venus and Mercury are at their closest together low in the sunset, 0.7=C2=B0 apart. Look for them above the southwest horiz= on about 45 minutes after sundown. Bright Capella high overhead, and bright Rigel in Orion's foot, are at almost the same right ascension - so they cross your sky's meridian at almost the same time (around 11 p.m. now. This means that whenever Capella passes its very highest, Rigel will always mark true south over your landscape. On Saturday, January 3, the sun rose at 8:01 a.m. and will set at 4:45 p.m. giving 8 hours 43 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, January 10, the sun will rise at 7:59 a.m. and set at 4:54 p.m. to give 8 hours 54 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup * =E2=80=8B Mercury is creeping up to a close pairing with Venus; look for th= em in low the southwest in the afterglow of sunset. Mercury is magnitude -0.8; Venus shines 17 times brighter at magnitude -3.9. Mars (magnitude +1.1) glows in the southwest to the upper left of Venus and Mercury. It sets around 9 p.m. Jupiter (magnitude -2.4) rises in the east-northeast around 9 p.m. About 45 minutes later, fainter Regulus (magnitude +1.4) rises below it. By dawn they shine in the west - with Regulus now to Jupiter's upper left. Saturn (magnitude +0.6) glows in the southeast before and during dawn. As dawn brightens, look below it (by 11=C2=B0) for Antares twinkling away. *Blake's Pick**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* *Comet Lovejoy before a Globular Star Cluster <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141231.html> * =E2=80=8B <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141231.html>=E2=80=8B --=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> --047d7bf186448bb180050bd913a4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4"><b>Cour= tesy of Nelson Poirier:</b><br><u><b><br></b></u></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><= div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-siz= e:large">=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B</div><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's <sp= an class=3D"">Sky</span> at a Glance</b></u></font><br><font size=3D"4"><u>= <b><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font= -size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B</div><div class=3D"gmail_def= ault" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline= ">=E2=80=8BJan=E2=80=8B2</div>=C2=A09 - 1<div class=3D"gmail_default" style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B= 0=E2=80=8B</div></b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><br> Some daily sky sights among the ever-changing Moon, planets, and stars.<br>= <br>Venus and Mercury are just 2=C2=BD=C2=B0 apart now, low in the afterglo= w of sunset in the southwest. Brilliant Venus is on top. They're drawin= g closer together and will appear closest next week.<br><br>On Monday, Janu= ary 5, the bright Moon forms a curving line this evening with Castor and Po= llux to its upper left and Procyon to its lower right.<br><br>Sirius and Pr= ocyon in the balance: From Procyon, look far to the right for brighter Siri= us, the Dog Star, sparkling low in the east-southeast after dusk. Procyon w= ill be higher. <br><br>On Tuesday, January 6, watch lower left of the Moon = for Jupiter and then Regulus to rise in early evening.<br><br>By Wednesday,= January 7, you can finally see Comet Lovejoy in a moonlight-free sky again= - if you look within an hour or so after dark. The comet is closest to Ear= th tonight, and it's also entering its brightest two weeks at 5th or 4t= h magnitude. But you'll have to know exactly the correct point in the s= ky to examine!<br><br>The waning gibbous Moon rises about an hour after dar= kness is complete. Brilliant Jupiter shines to its left. Although they look= close together, Jupiter is 1,660 times farther away than the Moon - and 40= times larger in diameter.<br><br>Catch Mercury and Venus shining closest t= ogether this as twilight fades on Saturday evening the 10th. Little Mars lo= oks on from their upper left.<br><br>On Thursday, January 8, Mercury and Ve= nus are within 1=C2=B0 of each other, low in the southwest in evening twili= ght, from now through next Monday. Think photo opportunity!<br><br>Mercury,= Venus, and Mars are all on the far side of the Sun from us now. <br><br>In= this coldest time of the year, the dim Little Dipper hangs straight down f= rom Polaris after dusk as if from a nail on the cold north wall of the sky.= <br><br>On Saturday, January 10, Venus and Mercury are at their closest tog= ether low in the sunset, 0.7=C2=B0 apart. Look for them above the southwest= horizon about 45 minutes after sundown.<br><br>Bright Capella high overhea= d, and bright Rigel in Orion's foot, are at almost the same right ascen= sion - so they cross your sky's meridian at almost the same time (aroun= d 11 p.m. now. This means that whenever Capella passes its very highest, Ri= gel will always mark true south over your landscape.<br><br>On Saturday, Ja= nuary 3, the sun rose at 8:01 a.m. and will set at 4:45 p.m. giving 8 hours= 43 minutes of daylight hours.=C2=A0 On Saturday, January 10, the sun will = rise at 7:59 a.m. and set at 4:54 p.m. to give 8 hours 54 minutes of daylig= ht hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). <br><br> <br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Wee= k's Planet Roundup </b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><br><div c= lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:lar= ge;display:inline"> =E2=80=8B=20 Mercury is creeping up to a close pairing with Venus; look for them in low = the southwest in the afterglow of sunset. Mercury is magnitude -0.8; Venus = shines 17 times brighter at magnitude -3.9. <br><br>Mars (magnitude +1.1) g= lows in the southwest to the upper left of Venus and Mercury. It sets aroun= d 9 p.m.<br><br>Jupiter (magnitude -2.4) rises in the east-northeast around= 9 p.m. About 45 minutes later, fainter Regulus (magnitude +1.4) rises belo= w it. By dawn they shine in the west - with Regulus now to Jupiter's up= per left.<br><br>Saturn (magnitude +0.6) glows in the southeast before and = during dawn. As dawn brightens, look below it (by 11=C2=B0) for Antares twi= nkling away.<br> <br><b>Blake's Pick</b><b>=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B</b><b> of NASA's Weekl= y Photos:</b></div></font><font size=3D"4"><br><br></font><br><font size=3D= "4"><b><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141231.html">Comet Lovejoy be= fore a Globular Star Cluster</a> </b> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D= "font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B=C2= =A0 <<a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141231.html">http://apod.nas= a.gov/apod/ap141231.html</a>>=E2=80=8B</div><br><span></span></font><div= ><div><img class=3D"" src=3D"https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleard= ot.gif"></div><div class=3D""><div id=3D":25i" class=3D"" tabindex=3D"0"><i= mg class=3D"" src=3D"https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleard= ot.gif"></div></div><span class=3D""><font color=3D"#888888"> </font></span></div><span class=3D""><font color=3D"#888888"><span><font co= lor=3D"#888888">-- 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