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--001a11c3309caa4253051553d7ca 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=8B1=E2=80=8B - =E2=80=8B9=E2=80=8B* May has come, but wintry Sirius still twinkles low in the southwest as twilight fades. On Monday, May 4, the Moon goes into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. The Big Dipper has turned to lie upside down after dark; face north-northeast and look very high. Its handle arcs around toward Arcturus, a little more than a Dipper-length to the Dipper's lower right. On Monday, May 4, the bright Moon rises in twilight. As evening grows late, look below the Moon for Saturn, and then below Saturn for Antares. Look low in the northeast in twilight for the rising of Vega, the "Summer Star." By nightfall Vega shines higher in better view. As it gains altitude it grows to be the equal of Arcturus, the "Spring Star" very high in the east (far to the upper right). They're both magnitude zero. Summer is more than six weeks away, but the Summer Triangle is beginning to make its appearance in the east, one star after another. The first in view is Vega. It's already visible low in the northeast as twilight fades. Next up is Deneb, lower left of Vega by two or three fists at arm's length. Deneb takes about an hour to appear after Vega does. The third is Altair, which shows up far to their lower right around 1:00 a.m. The two brightest points in sky are Venus and Jupiter. At dusk they're in the west and high in the southwest, respectively. Find the halfway point between them. A little upper right of there is Pollux, with Castor to its right. Three zero-magnitude stars shine after dark in May: Arcturus very high in the southeast, Vega much lower in the northeast, and Capella in the northwest. They appear so bright because each is at least 60 times as luminous as the Sun, and because they're all relatively nearby: 37, 25, and 42 light-years from us, respectively. On Saturday, May 2, the sun rose at 6:03 a.m. and will set at 8:28 p.m. giving 14 hours 25 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, May 9, the sun will rise at 5:53a.m. and set at 8:37 p.m. to give 14 hours 44 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup * *Mercury* remains up in good view in evening twilight all week, but its fading: from magnitude =E2=80=930.3 on May 1st to +0.5 on the 8th. That's a= loss of about half its brightness. Look for it far to the lower right of bright Venus. *Venus* (magnitude =E2=80=934.2) glares strikingly bright in the west durin= g and after twilight =E2=80=94 the "Evening Star." It doesn't set in the west-nor= thwest until two hours after dark. *Mars* is lost in the sunset. *Jupiter* (magnitude =E2=80=932.1) shines high in the south as the stars co= me out, and less high in the southwest later. It's the second-brightest point of light in the sky after Venus. *Saturn* (magnitude +0.1) rises around nightfall and reaches its highest point in the south around 3 a.m. Below Saturn by 9=C2=B0 or 10=C2=B0 is or= ange Antares, less bright. *Blake's Pick**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* =E2=80=8B =E2=80=8B *An Unexpected Aurora over Norway * <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150504.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150504.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> --001a11c3309caa4253051553d7ca 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>May=C2=A0<div class=3D"gmail_default" styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80= =8B1=E2=80=8B</div> - <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B9=E2=80=8B</div></b= ></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"4"><br> </font><br><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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">May has come, but wintry Sirius still twinkles low in the southwest as twilight fades.</s= pan></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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Monday, May 4, the Moon goes into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides.</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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">The Big Dipper has turned to lie upside down after dark; face north-northeast and l= ook very high. Its handle arcs around toward Arcturus, a little more than a Dipper-length to the Dipper's lower right.</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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Monday, May 4, the bright Moon rises in twilight. As evening grows late, look below= the Moon for Saturn, and then below Saturn for Antares.</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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Look low in the northeast in twilight for the rising of Vega, the "Summer Star.&qu= ot; By nightfall Vega shines higher in better view. As it gains altitude it gro= ws to be the equal of Arcturus, the "Spring Star" very high in the e= ast (far to the upper right). They're both magnitude zero.</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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Summer is more than six weeks away, but the Summer Triangle is beginning to make its appearance in the east, one star after another. The first in view is Vega. = It's already visible low in the northeast as twilight fades.</span></font></p><f= ont 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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Next up is Deneb, lower left of Vega by two or three fists at arm's length. Deneb = takes about an hour to appear after Vega does.</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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">The third is Altair, which shows up far to their lower right around 1:00 a.m.</span></fo= nt></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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">The two brightest points in sky are Venus and Jupiter. At dusk they're in the w= est and high in the southwest, respectively. Find the halfway point between them. A little upper right of there is Pollux, with Castor to its right.</span></fo= nt></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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Three zero-magnitude stars shine after dark in May: Arcturus very high in the southeast, Vega much lower in the northeast, and Capella in the northwest. = They appear so bright because each is at least 60 times as luminous as the Sun, = and because they're all relatively nearby: 37, 25, and 42 light-years from = us, respectively.</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:"Lucida Sans",&= quot;sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Saturday, May 2, the sun rose at 6:03 a.m. and will set at 8:28 p.m. giving 14 hours = 25 minutes of daylight hours.<span>=C2=A0 </span>On Saturday, May 9, the sun will rise at 5:53a.m. and set at 8:37 p.m. to give 14 hours = 44 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick).</s= pan></font><span style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans"= ,"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><br></font></div><font size=3D"4"><br><div class= =3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;d= isplay:inline"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"= ;color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Mercury</span></b><span style=3D"font-= family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" = lang=3D"EN-US"> remains up in good view in evening twilight all week, but its fading: from magnitude = =E2=80=930.3 on May 1st to +0.5 on the 8th. That's a loss of about half its brightne= ss. Look for it far to the lower right of bright Venus.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"= ;color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Venus</span></b><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" la= ng=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude =E2=80=934.2) glares strikingly bright in the west during and after twiligh= t =E2=80=94 the "Evening Star." It doesn't set in the west-northwest until tw= o hours after dark. </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"= ;color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Mars</span></b><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lan= g=3D"EN-US"> is lost in the sunset.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"= ;color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Jupiter</span></b><span style=3D"font-= family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" = lang=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude =E2=80=932.1) shines high in the south as the stars come out, and less high= in the southwest later. It's the second-brightest point of light in the sky af= ter Venus. </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= b><span style=3D"font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif"= ;color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Saturn</span></b><span style=3D"font-f= amily:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" l= ang=3D"EN-US"> (magnitude +0.1) rises around nightfall and reaches its highest point in the south aro= und 3 a.m.<span>=C2=A0 </span>Below Saturn by 9=C2=B0 or 10=C2=B0 is orange Antares, less bright. </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt"></span></p> <br> <b>Blake's Pick</b><b>=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B</b><b> of NASA's Weekly Ph= otos:</b></div></font><font size=3D"4"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8B= =C2=A0 =E2=80=8B</div></font><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.g= ov/apod/ap150504.html"><b>An Unexpected Aurora over Norway </b> </a><br><br= ><a 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