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--=====================_121168390==.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 Dec 10-17 On Tuesday night, Dec. 13, the annual GEMINID=20 METEOR SHOWER should be strongest late that night=20 and the next night, but the light of the waning=20 Moon will hide all but the brightest meteors. The=20 shower's perspective point of origin, is near the=20 constellations Castor and Pollux above the Moon,=20 but the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky. On Saturday, Nov. 17, the MOON [Lune] will go=20 into its Last-quarter phase, which means that it=20 will rise at midnight and set at noon. On Saturday, Dec. 10, the SUN [Soleil] rose at=20 7:50 a.m. and sets at 4:34 p.m. On Saturday, Dec.=20 17, the SUN [Soleil] will rise at 7:56 a.m. and set at 4:35 p.m. This Week's Planet Roundup MERCURY [Mercure] emerges into dawn view around=20 December 12th, approximately 40 minutes before=20 sunrise time. Look for it low above the=20 east-southeast horizon, very far lower left of=20 the Saturn-Spica pair. Mercury is brightening day by day. VENUS [V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, shines as the=20 "Evening Star" in the southwest during twilight.=20 It's getting a little higher every week, on its=20 way to a grand apparition high in the evening sky=20 all this winter and much of the spring. MARS, at magnitude +0.6, rises around midnight.=20 It's highest in the south by the first light of dawn. JUPITER, at magnitude -2.7, blazes high in the=20 southeast after dusk and highest in the south=20 around 9 p.m. In a birding scope, look for Jupiter's four visible moons. SATURN [Saturne], at magnitude +0.8, glows in the=20 southeast well before dawn. In a birding scope, note its signature rings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Forwarded, with permission, by: Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 902-852-2077 --=====================_121168390==.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 Dec 10-17<br><br> </b></font><font size=3D4>On Tuesday night, Dec. 13, the annual </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>GEMINID METEOR SHOWER</b></font><font size=3D4> should be strongest late that night and the next night, but the light of the waning Moon will hide all but the brightest meteors. The shower's perspective point of origin, is near the constellations Castor and Pollux above the Moon, but the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky.<br><br> On Saturday, Nov. 17, the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>MOON </b></font><font size=3D4>[Lune] will go into its Last-quarter phase, which means that it will rise at midnight and set at noon.<br><br> On Saturday, Dec. 10, the </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SUN </b></font><font size=3D4>[Soleil] rose at 7:50 a.m. and sets at 4:34 p.m. On Saturday, Dec. 17, the SUN [Soleil] will rise at 7:56 a.m. and set at 4:35 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] emerges into dawn view around December 12th, approximately 40 minutes before sunrise time. Look for it low above the east-southeast horizon, very far lower left of the Saturn-Spica pair. Mercury is brightening day by day.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>VENUS </b></font><font size=3D4>[V=E9nus], at magnitude -3.9, shines as the "Evening Star" in the southwest during twilight. It's getting a little higher every week, on its way to a grand apparition high in the evening sky all this winter and much of the spring.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>MARS</b></font><font size=3D4>, a= t magnitude +0.6, rises around midnight. It's highest in the south by the first light of dawn.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>JUPITER</b></font><font size=3D4>= , at magnitude -2.7, blazes high in the southeast after dusk and highest in the south around 9 p.m. In a birding scope, look for Jupiter's four visible moons.<br><br> </font><font size=3D4 color=3D"#0000FF"><b>SATURN </b></font><font size=3D4>[Saturne], at magnitude +0.8, glows in the southeast well before dawn. In a birding scope, note its signature rings. <br><br> </font> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<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><br> </font></body> </html> --=====================_121168390==.ALT--
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