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Index of Subjects --=====================_224433218==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From NatureNB: ** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE: On Saturday, March 19, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its Full Phase so we can expect to see it in=20 view most of the night. Also expect higher high tides and lower low tides. On Sunday, March 20, the MARCH EQUINOX comes at=20 8:21 p.m., marking the start of spring in the=20 Northern Hemisphere. This is when the Sun crosses=20 the equator heading north for the year. These next two weeks, when there's no moonlight=20 in the sky at the end of twilight, are a fine=20 time to look for the ZODIACAL LIGHT if you have a=20 very clear, unpolluted sky. As the last of=20 twilight is fading away, look for a vague but=20 huge, tall, narrow pyramid of pearly light=20 extending up from the western horizon. It slopes=20 to the left, following the ecliptic. What you're=20 seeing is interplanetary dust near the plane of=20 the solar system, lit by the Sun. On Saturday, March 26, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its Last Quarter phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at= noon. This Week's Planet Roundup: MERCURY [Mercure] (about magnitude 0) is having=20 its best apparition of 2011 in the western=20 twilight. Jupiter is sinking ever lower below it. VENUS [V=E9nus] (magnitude -4.0) shines low in the=20 southeast during dawn, lower each week. MARS is out of sight behind the glare of the Sun. JUPITER (magnitude -2.1) sinks very low in the=20 west in bright twilight. Look for it below Mercury. SATURN [Saturne] (magnitude +0.4) rises around 9=20 p.m., but it's best seen in a birding scope much=20 later in the night when it gains high altitude.=20 It's highest in the south around 3 a.m. Cheers, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - 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 --=====================_224433218==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> From NatureNB:<br><br> <b><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE:<br><br> </u></b>On Saturday, March 19, the <b>MOON </b>[Lune] will go into its Full Phase so we can expect to see it in view most of the night. Also expect higher high tides and lower low tides. <br><br> On Sunday, March 20, the <b>MARCH EQUINOX</b> comes at 8:21 p.m., marking the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This is when the Sun crosses the equator heading north for the year. <br><br> These next two weeks, when there's no moonlight in the sky at the end of twilight, are a fine time to look for the <b>ZODIACAL LIGHT</b> if you have a very clear, unpolluted sky. As the last of twilight is fading away, look for a vague but huge, tall, narrow pyramid of pearly light extending up from the western horizon. It slopes to the left, following the ecliptic. What you're seeing is interplanetary dust near the plane of the solar system, lit by the Sun. <br><br> On Saturday, March 26, the MOON [Lune] will go into its Last Quarter phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon. <br> <br><br> <b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup:<br><br> </u>MERCURY </b>[Mercure] (about magnitude 0) is having its best apparition of 2011 in the western twilight. Jupiter is sinking ever lower below it. <br><br> <b>VENUS </b>[V=E9nus] (magnitude -4.0) shines low in the southeast during dawn, lower each week. <br><br> <b>MARS </b>is out of sight behind the glare of the Sun. <br><br> <b>JUPITER </b>(magnitude -2.1) sinks very low in the west in bright twilight. Look for it below Mercury. <br><br> <b>SATURN </b>[Saturne] (magnitude +0.4) rises around 9 p.m., but it's best seen in a birding scope much later in the night when it gains high altitude. It's highest in the south around 3 a.m. <br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Blake<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> --=====================_224433218==.ALT--
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