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--047d7bdc1084c628bd05127fccda 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=8B27=E2=80=8B- =E2=80=8BApril 04* On Sunday night, March 29, the Moon and Jupiter cross the sky together. Although they look fairly near each other, looks in astronomy are deceiving. Jupiter is almost 1,800 times farther away than the Moon, On Tuesday, March 31, the waxing gibbous Moon shines beneath Regulus and the Sickle of Leo early this evening. Farther upper right of the Moon shines bright Jupiter. By late evening, the sky rotates to place Jupiter to the Moon's right. On Wednesday, April 1, the coming of April always finds Orion in the southwest at dusk, leaning over with his three-star belt almost horizontal. The belt points left toward bright Sirius, and to the right toward Aldebaran and, farther on, the Pleiades. On Saturday, April 4, the Moon will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. On Saturday, March 28, the sun rose at 7:05 a.m. and will set at 7:42 p.m. giving 12 hours 36 minutes of daylight. On Saturday, April 4, the sun will rise at 6:52 a.m. and set at 7:51 p.m. to give 12 hours 59 minutes of daylight hours. (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup * =E2=80=8B *Mercury* is hidden in the glare of the Sun. *Venus* (magnitude =E2=80=934.0) blazes in the west during and after twilig= ht =E2=80=94 the unmistakable "Evening Star." It doesn't set in the west-northwest until a good hour and a half after complete dark. Look for the Pleiades above it, closer every day. The little cluster will pass to Venus's right on April 10th and 11th. *Mars* (magnitude +1.4, less than 1% as bright as Venus) is gradually sinking farther down to the lower right of Venus in twilight. It's 15=C2=B0 below Venus on March 27th and 18=C2=B0 below it by April 3rd. *Jupiter* (magnitude =E2=80=932.4) shines high in the south at dusk. It's t= he brightest point of light on that side of the sky. *Saturn* (magnitude +0.3) rises around midnight and is highest in the south in early-morning hours. Below or lower left of Saturn, by 8=C2=B0, is orange Antares, not quite as bright. *Blake's Pick**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* =E2=80=8B *A Flag-Shaped Aurora over Sweden * =E2=80=8B <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150330.html> <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150330.html> *http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150330.html <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150330.html>* --=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> --047d7bdc1084c628bd05127fccda Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><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 <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=8B27=E2=80=8B</div>- <di= v class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:= large;display:inline">=E2=80=8BApril 04<br></div></b></u></font></div><font= size=3D"4"> </font><br><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",&qu= ot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Sunday night, March 29, the Moon and Jupiter cross the sky together. Although they look fairly near each other, looks in astronomy are deceiving. Jupiter is almost 1,800 times farther away than the Moon, </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 Tuesday, March 31, the waxing gibbous Moon shines beneath Regulus and the Sickle of = Leo early this evening. Farther upper right of the Moon shines bright Jupiter. = By late evening, the sky rotates to place Jupiter to the Moon's right.</sp= an></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 Wednesday, April 1, the coming of April always finds Orion in the southwest at dusk, leaning over with his three-star belt almost horizontal. The belt points le= ft toward bright Sirius, and to the right toward Aldebaran and, farther on, th= e Pleiades.</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 Saturday, April 4, the Moon will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all ni= ght. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides.</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 Saturday, March 28, the sun rose at 7:05 a.m. and will set at 7:42 p.m. giving 12 hou= rs 36 minutes of daylight.<span style>=C2=A0 </span>On Saturday, April 4, the sun will rise at 6:52 a.m. and set at 7:51 p.m. to give 12 hou= rs 59 minutes of daylight hours. (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick)= .</span><span style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",&q= uot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"></span></p> <font size=3D"4"> </font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week= 9;s Planet Roundup </b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><div class=3D"= gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;displ= ay:inline"> =E2=80=8B <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 hidden in the glare of the Sun.</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=934.0) blazes in the west during and after twilight =E2=80=94 the un= mistakable "Evening Star." It doesn't set in the west-northwest until a = good hour and a half after complete dark. Look for the Pleiades above it, closer every day. The little cluster will pass to Venus's right on April 10th = and 11th.</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">Mars</span></b><span st= yle=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif&= quot;;color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude +1.4, less than 1% as bright as Venus) is gradually sinking farther down to= the lower right of Venus in twilight. It's 15=C2=B0 below Venus on March 27= th and 18=C2=B0 below it by April 3rd.</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=932.4) shines high in the south at dusk. It's the brightest poin= t of light on that side of the sky. </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 +0.3) rises around midnight<span style>=C2=A0 </span>and is highest in the south in early-morning hours. Below or lower left of Saturn,= by 8=C2=B0, is orange Antares, not quite as bright.</span></p> <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"><div class=3D"gmail_default" sty= le=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80= =8B <a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150330.html"><b>A Flag-Shaped Au= rora over Sweden </b> =E2=80=8B</a></div><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/ap= od/ap150330.html"><br></a><b><br><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150= 330.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150330.html</a></b><br><span></span><= /font><div><div><img src=3D"https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardo= t.gif"></div><div><div><img src=3D"https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail= /images/cleardot.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= 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