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--=====================_196644062==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This Week's Sky at a Glance: By about 9 p.m. this week, you'll see that the=20 BIG DIPPER [Grand Ours] has risen to the same=20 height in the northeast as Cassiopeia has=20 descended to in the northwest. Their seasonal=20 dominance is reversing; spring is on the way! On Friday, March 4, the MOON [Lune] will go into=20 its New Phase meaning it will rise and go down=20 with the sun to leave dark nights. Early March is when the bright star SIRIUS shines=20 highest due south right after dark. This Week's Planet Roundup: MERCURY [Mercure] and MARS are hidden behind the glare of the Sun. VENUS [V=E9nus] (magnitude -4.1) shines brightly in the southeast during= dawn. JUPITER (magnitude -2.1) is getting lower in the=20 west. It shines brightly there as twilight=20 deepens but sets an hour or less after dark. SATURN (magnitude +0.5) rises around 9 p.m., but=20 is best seen in a telescope much later in the=20 night. It gains its highest altitude in the south=20 around 3 a.m. Saturn's rings are 10=B0 from edge=20 on and readily visible with a birding scope. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada =20 --=====================_196644062==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> <b><u>This Week's Sky at a Glance</u>:<br><br> </b>By about 9 p.m. this week, you'll see that the BIG DIPPER [Grand Ours] has risen to the same height in the northeast as Cassiopeia has descended to in the northwest. Their seasonal dominance is reversing; spring is on the way! <br><br> On Friday, March 4, the MOON [Lune] will go into its New Phase meaning it will rise and go down with the sun to leave dark nights.<br> <br> Early March is when the bright star SIRIUS shines highest due south right after dark.<br><br> <br> <b><u>This Week's Planet Roundu</u>p: <br><br> </b>MERCURY [Mercure] and MARS are hidden behind the glare of the Sun.<br> <br> VENUS [V=E9nus] (magnitude -4.1) shines brightly in the southeast during dawn.<br> <br> JUPITER (magnitude -2.1) is getting lower in the west. It shines brightly there as twilight deepens but sets an hour or less after dark. <br><br> SATURN (magnitude +0.5) rises around 9 p.m., but is best seen in a telescope much later in the night. It gains its highest altitude in the south around 3 a.m. Saturn's rings are 10=B0 from edge on and readily visible with a birding scope.<br><br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>= <br> <br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href=3D"http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_196644062==.ALT--
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