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--089e0160bac6f6a9680510c58037 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *Ma=E2=80=8Brch=E2=80=8B =E2=80=8B6=E2=80=8B- 1=E2=80=8B4=E2=80=8B* Venus and Mars in the western twilight have widened to be 6=C2=B0 apart aft= er their conjunction two weeks ago. Look for faint Mars under Venus. Their brightness difference is great but readily visible to the naked eye on clear nights. The gap between them enlarges a little more each day. Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Clocks spring ahead one hour. We may lose an hour now but we will get it back in the late fall. Jupiter this month forms a big, more-or-less equilateral triangle with Procyon and Pollux. Face southeast soon after dark, and Procyon is to Jupiter's right. Pollux is high above them. Procyon is also part of the slightly larger Winter Triangle to the west, also equilateral. Its other stars are orange Betelgeuse and bright Sirius below. On Friday morning, March 13th, the Moon will go into its Last-quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon. You know the season is shifting. As the stars come out, the Big Dipper standing on end in the northeast is now as high as Cassiopeia standing on end in the northwest. The Dipper is rising into spring and summer, and Cassiopeia is descending from its fall and winter showing. On Saturday, March 7, the sun will rise at 6:46 a.m. and will set at 6:14 p.m. giving 11 hours 27 minutes of daylight. On Saturday, March 14, the sun will rise at 7:32 a.m. and set at 7:23 p.m. to give 11 hours 50 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). The odd timing this week reflects the time change on Sunday morning. *The days are getting longer!* *This Week's Planet Roundup * *Mercury* is sinking out of sight into the glare of sunrise. *Venus* (magnitude =E2=80=933.9) and *Mars* (less than 1% as bright at magn= itude +1.3) are in the west during evening twilight. Look for Mars increasingly far below brilliant Venus. *Jupiter* (magnitude =E2=80=932.5) is already high in the east as the stars= come out. It's highest in the south around midnight. *Saturn* (magnitude +0.4) rises around 2 a.m. It's highest in the south as dawn begins. Below or lower left of Saturn by 8=C2=B0 is orange Antares. *Blake's Picks**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* *=E2=80=8BA Dust Devil on Mars <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150303.html>* http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150303.html *Lenticular Cloud, Moon, Mars, Venus <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150302.html> * http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150302.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> --089e0160bac6f6a9680510c58037 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"><= font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's <span>Sky</span> at a Glance</b></u><= /font><br><font size=3D"4"><u><b>Ma<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo= nt-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8Brch=E2= =80=8B</div>=C2=A0 <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma= ,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B6=E2=80=8B</div>- 1<di= v class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:= large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B4=E2=80=8B</div></b></u></font><br></div><fo= nt size=3D"4"><br> </font><br><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:middl= e"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","= sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Venus and Mars in the = western twilight have widened to be 6=C2=B0 apart after their conjunction two weeks ago. Look for faint M= ars under Venus. Their brightness difference is great but readily visible to the nake= d eye on clear nights. The gap between them enlarges a little more each day.<= /span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:middl= e"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",&q= uot;serif"">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Clocks spring ahead one hour. We may = lose an hour now but we will get it back in the late fall.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Jupiter this month forms a big, more-or-less equilateral triangle with Procyon and Pollu= x. Face southeast soon after dark, and Procyon is to Jupiter's right. Poll= ux is high above them.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Procyon is also part of the slightly larger Winter Triangle to the west, also equilate= ral. Its other stars are orange Betelgeuse and bright Sirius below.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Friday morning, March 13th, the Moon will go into its Last-quarter Phase meaning i= t will rise at midnight and set at noon.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">You know the season is shifting. As the stars come out, the Big Dipper standing on end i= n the northeast is now as high as Cassiopeia standing on end in the northwest= . The Dipper is rising into spring and summer, and Cassiopeia is descending f= rom its fall and winter showing.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">On S= aturday, March 7, the sun will rise at 6:46 a.m. and will set at 6:14 p.m. giving 11 hours 27 minutes of daylight. <span style>=C2=A0</span>On Saturday, March 14, the sun will rise at 7:32 a.m. and set at 7:23 p.m. to = give 11 hours 50 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). The odd timing this week reflects the time change on Sunday morning.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;lin= e-height:115%"><br></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b style><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;line-height:1= 15%">The days are getting longer!</span></b></p> </font></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"><br><di= v class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:= large;display:inline"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","s= ans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Mercury</span></b><span= style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-ser= if";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"> is sinking out of sight into the glare of sunrise.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","s= ans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Venus</span></b><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif= ";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude =E2=80=933.9) and <b>Mars</b> (less than 1% as bright at magnitude +1.3) ar= e in the west during evening twilight. Look for Mars increasingly far below brillian= t Venus.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","s= ans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Jupiter</span></b><span= style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-ser= if";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude =E2=80=932.5) is already high in the east as the stars come out. It's h= ighest in the south around midnight.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","s= ans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Saturn</span></b><span = style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-seri= f";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude +0.4) rises around 2 a.m. <a name=3D"_GoBack"></a>It's highest in the s= outh as dawn begins. Below or lower left of Saturn by 8=C2=B0 is orange Antares.</s= pan></p> <br><b>Blake's Picks</b><b>=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B</b><b> of NASA's Week= ly Photos:</b></div></font><font size=3D"4"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_def= ault" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline= "><a><b></b></a><b><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150303.html">=E2= =80=8BA Dust Devil on Mars</a></b><br><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/= ap150303.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150303.html</a><br><br><b><a hre= f=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150302.html">Lenticular Cloud, Moon, Mars,= Venus</a> </b> <br><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150302.html">htt= p://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150302.html</a><br>=E2=80=8B</div><br></font><div>= <div><img src=3D"https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></di= v><div><div><img src=3D"https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cle= ardot.gif"></div></div><span><font color=3D"#888888"> </font></span></div><span><font color=3D"#888888"><span><font color=3D"#888= 888">-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target= =3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia </font><br> <font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog:=C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" tar= get=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:= 16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;m= in-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-hei= ght:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16= px"></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 s= tyle=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"pa= 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