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--047d7bd756946f1837051315608b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* *This Week's Sky at a Glance**May* =E2=80=8B * =E2=80=8BApril 3=E2=80=8B - 1=E2=80=8B1=E2=80=8B* Venus and the Pleiades are drawing closer together day by day in the western twilight. After dark, the Big Dipper high in the northeast is tipping over now as if to dump water into the dim Little Dipper's bowl, which is swinging up far below it. As dawn brightens on Wednesday morning the 8th, look south for Saturn glowing near the waning gibbous Moon. April always finds Orion leaning over at dusk low in the southwest, with his three-star belt almost horizontal. The belt points left toward bright Sirius, and to the right toward Aldebaran and, farther on, Venus and the Pleiades. Sirius still shines brightly in the southwest right at nightfall, though it's no match for Venus in the west. Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest of Canis Major. On Saturday, April 11, the Pleiades are at their closest to Venus this evening, about 2=C2=BD=C2=B0 to its right as twilight fades in the west. On Sunday, April 12, the Moon will go into its Last Quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon. On Saturday, April 4, the sun rose at 6:52 a.m. and will set at 7:51 p.m. to give 12 hours 59 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, April 11, the sun will rise at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 8:01 p.m. giving 13 hours 22 minutes of daylight. (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 "Evening Star." Not until a good hour and a half after complete darkness does Venus set in the west-northwest. Look for the Pleiades above it, closer every day. The little cluster passes to Venus's right on the 10th and 11th. *Mars* (magnitude +1.4, less than 1% as bright as Venus) is gradually sinking farther down and away to Venus's lower right in twilight. Mars has been hanging on in the western twilight ever since last summer, but now it's finally on the way out. *Jupiter* (magnitude =E2=80=932.3) shines high in the south at dusk. It's t= he brightest point of light high 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 9=C2=B0, is orang= e Antares, not quite as bright. *Blake's Pick**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* =E2=80=8B *Sun and Moon Halo* <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150403.html> =E2=80=8B http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150403.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> --047d7bd756946f1837051315608b 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><font size=3D"4"><u><b>May</b></u></font><br>=E2=80=8B<font size=3D"4= "><u><b>=C2=A0<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans= -serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8BApril 3=E2=80=8B</div> - 1<= div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-siz= e:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B1=E2=80=8B</div></b></u></font><br></div><= font size=3D"4"><br> </font><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Venus and the Plei= ades are drawing closer together day by day in the western twilight. </span></font><= /p><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">After dark, the Bi= g Dipper high in the northeast is tipping over now as if to dump water into the dim Little Dipper's bowl, which is swinging up far below it.</span></font><= /p><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">As dawn brightens = on Wednesday morning the 8th, look south for Saturn glowing near the waning gi= bbous Moon.</span></font></p><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">April always finds= Orion leaning over at dusk low in the southwest, with his three-star belt almost horizontal. The belt points left toward bright Sirius, and to the right tow= ard Aldebaran and, farther on, Venus and the Pleiades.</span></font></p><font s= ize=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Sirius still shine= s brightly in the southwest right at nightfall, though it's no match for = Venus in the west. Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest of Canis Major.</span></fon= t></p><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Saturday, April= 11, the Pleiades are at their closest to Venus this evening, about 2=C2=BD=C2=B0 to= its right as twilight fades in the west.</span></font></p><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:no= rmal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Sunday, April 1= 2, the Moon will go into its Last Quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight a= nd set at noon.</span>