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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_D2507B5D-EF8F-4CB9-8C14-C0D4FDDA6988 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just now having a look at Mars, shining brightly below the Moon tonight. = Nice reddish disc in my 10 inch reflector scope. Mars about 5.2 light-minutes away. Moon 1.25 light-seconds away. Also = having a look at Saturn, a bit dimmer but noticeable to the left of = Moon. Saturn is about 72 light minutes away from Earth. i.e. if you were = phoning someone near Saturn using powerful cell phones, the call would = take 72 minutes to get there. The rings are showing up nicely. Along = with a couple of Saturn's moons. Sherman W. Sherman Williams shermwms@eastlink.ca http://www.sherm39.com/Home_Site2/Home_Site.html On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: >=20 >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Subject: 84 & 116 swifts counted July 13/16 at Wolfville & Middleton = respectively >> Date: July 14, 2016 at 4:12:11 PM ADT >> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>=20 >> Last night at dusk, Tony Napoli & 6 others counted 84 roosting swifts = diving into the Robie Tufts Nature Centre chimney. >>=20 >> And on the same evening, Bonnie Johnson counted 116 roosting swifts = at Middleton Reg. High School. >>=20 >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_D2507B5D-EF8F-4CB9-8C14-C0D4FDDA6988 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>Just now having a look at Mars, shining brightly below the Moon = tonight. Nice reddish disc in my 10 inch reflector = scope.</div><div><br></div><div>Mars about 5.2 light-minutes away. Moon = 1.25 light-seconds away. Also having a look at Saturn, a bit dimmer but = noticeable to the left of Moon. Saturn is about 72 light minutes away = from Earth. i.e. if you were phoning someone near Saturn using powerful = cell phones, the call would take 72 minutes to get there. The rings are = showing up nicely. Along with a couple of Saturn's = moons.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman W.</div><div><br></div><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: = 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: medium; ">Sherman Williams</div><div style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><a = href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">shermwms@eastlink.ca</a></div></div><= /span><a = href=3D"http://www.sherm39.com/Home_Site2/Home_Site.html">http://www.sherm= 39.com/Home_Site2/Home_Site.html</a></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; "><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; "><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>84 & 116 swifts counted July = 13/16 at Wolfville & Middleton respectively</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">July 14, 2016 at = 4:12:11 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; "><b>To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; "><b>Cc: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><br><div>Last night at dusk, Tony Napoli & 6 others = counted 84 roosting swifts diving into the Robie Tufts Nature Centre = chimney.<br><br>And on the same evening, Bonnie Johnson counted 116 = roosting swifts at Middleton Reg. High School.<br><br>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body= ></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D2507B5D-EF8F-4CB9-8C14-C0D4FDDA6988--
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