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--=====================_14969390==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From the Nature Moncton Info Line, courtesy of Nelson Poirier: ** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE Some events in the changing sky for Oct. 16 -- 22 This is the time of year when the LITTLE DIPPER=20 extends left from Polaris during evening,=20 "dumping water" into the bowl of the BIG DIPPER,=20 which lies far below it in the north-northwest. On Thursday, Oct. 20, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into Last-quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon. On Saturday, October 15 SUNRISE [lever de soleil]=20 was at 7:43 a.m. and SUNSET [coucher de soleil]=20 will be at 6:41 p.m. On Saturday, October 22,=20 sunrise will be at 7:53 a.m. and sunset at 6:29 p.m. This Week's Planet Roundup MERCURY [Mercure], about magnitude -0.5, is very=20 deep in the sunset. It can be seen briefly in a=20 clear sky with binoculars or a birding scope but=20 you have to be quick. Mercury will appear after=20 sundown 3=B0 to 5=B0 to the lower right of Venus. VENUS [V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, is just above=20 the west-southwest horizon 15 or 20 minutes after=20 sunset. Here again viewing time is brief, not=20 like we will see it in coming months as the=20 "Evening Star" blazing high in twilight. MARS, at magnitude +1.2, rises around 2 a.m. By=20 the beginning of dawn it's in view high in the east. JUPITER, at magnitude -2.9, shines low in the=20 east-northeast in twilight and blazes brightly=20 higher in the east to southeast all evening, a=20 great time, if the sky is clear, to view Jupiter=20 with a birding scope and see four of its moons. SATURN [Saturne] is out of sight in conjunction behind the Sun. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Forwarded with permission by: Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 902-852-2077 --=====================_14969390==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> <font size=3D4><b>From the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF">Nature Moncton Info Line</font><font size=3D4>, courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br><br> </font><font size=3D5 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE<br> </u></b></font> <br> <font size=3D5 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>Some events in the changing sky for Oct. 16 -- 22<br><br> </b></font><font size=3D4>This is the time of year when the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>LITTLE DIPPER</b></font><font size=3D4> extends left from Polaris during evening, "dumping water" into the bowl of the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>BIG DIPPER</b></font><font size=3D4>, which lies far below it in the north-northwest.<br><br> On Thursday, Oct. 20, the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>MOON </b></font><font size=3D4>[Lune] will go into Last-quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon.<br><br> On Saturday, October 15 </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SUNRISE </b></font><font size=3D4>[lever de soleil] was at 7:43 a.m. and </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SUNSET </b></font><font size=3D4>[coucher de soleil] will be at 6:41 p.m. On Saturday, October 22, sunrise will be at 7:53 a.m. and sunset at 6:29 p.m.<br><br> </font><font size=3D5 color=3D"#0000FF"><b><u>This Week's Planet Roundup<br><br> </u></font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF">MERCURY </b></font><font size=3D4>[Mercure], about magnitude -0.5, is very deep in the sunset. It can be seen briefly in a clear sky with binoculars or a birding scope but you have to be quick. Mercury will appear after sundown 3=B0 to 5=B0 to the lower right of Venus.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>VENUS </b></font><font size=3D4>[V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, is just above the west-southwest horizon 15 or 20 minutes after sunset. Here again viewing time is brief, not like we will see it in coming months as the "Evening Star" blazing high in twilight.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>MARS</b></font><font size=3D4>, a= t magnitude +1.2, rises around 2 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's in view high in the east.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>JUPITER</b></font><font size=3D4>= , at magnitude -2.9, shines low in the east-northeast in twilight and blazes brightly higher in the east to southeast all evening, a great time, if the sky is clear, to view Jupiter with a birding scope and see four of its moons.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SATURN </b></font><font size=3D4>[Saturne] is out of sight in conjunction behind the Sun. <br><br> <br> </font><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<br> <font size=3D4>Forwarded with permission by:<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora=3D"autourl"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/<br> </a>902-852-2077<br> </font></body> </html> --=====================_14969390==.ALT--
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