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--f46d0444eebba64c6f04bae8f55f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 March 11-18 *The *BIG DIPPER* [Grand Ours] glitters high in the northeast these evenings, standing on its handle. *Daylight Savings Time* begins at 2 a.m., Sunday morning, Mar. 11. Clocks spring ahead one hour. On Wednesday, March 14, the *MOON *will go into its last quarter phase, meaning that it will rise at midnight and set at noon. On Saturday, Mar. 10, the *SUN *[Soleil] rose at 6:44 a.m. and will set at 6:23 p.m. On Saturday, Mar. 17, it will rise at 7:31 a.m. and set at 7:32 p.m.* **This Week's Planet Roundup **MERCURY *[Mercure] is still about the same height above the western horizon in twilight, as it was last week, far below to the lower right of brilliant Venus and Jupiter, but it's fading, from a weak magnitude +0.5 on Mar. 9 to an essentially invisible +2.4 on March 14. *VENUS *[V=E9nus] and *JUPITER *have their spectacular conjunction in the western evening sky this week. These are the two brightest celestial objects, after the Sun and the Moon, at magnitude -4.3 and -2.1, respectively. They appear closest together, separated by only 3 degrees, on March 12-14. After that Jupiter moves away, lower. *MARS*, about magnitude -1.1, shines bright fire-orange low in the east during twilight and dominates the eastern sky after dark. The star *REGULUS *twinkles about 10 degrees to its upper right. Mars shines highest in the south by midnight. *SATURN *[Saturne], at magnitude +0.4, rises in the east around 10 p.m. and shines highest in the south around 4 a.m. Accompanying it, 6 or 7 degrees to the right or upper right is the star *SPICA*, a little fainter at magnitude+ 1.0, and bluer. Saturn's rings are tilted 15 degrees from our line of sight, their most open since 2007, and readily seen with a birding scope. --=20 Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com/> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns> --=20 Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> 144 Bayview Drive, White's Lake, Nova Scotia B3T 1Z1 CANADA (902) 852-2077 (208) 439-8719 (fax) My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns> Birding the Americas - *Trip Report & Trip Planning Repository*<http://www.birdingtheamericas.com> *Canbird Tours* <bmaybank@gmail.com> <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> --f46d0444eebba64c6f04bae8f55f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4"><b>From the </b><b><font color=3D"#0000FF">Nature Moncton Info Line</font></b></font><font size=3D"4">, courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br><br> </font><font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"4"><u><b>** THIS WEEK'S SKY AT A GLANCE</b><br> </u></font><font size=3D"4">=A0<br></font> <font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"4"><b>Some events in the changing sky for M= arch 11-18<br><br></b><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">The <b style=3D"co= lor:rgb(51,51,255)">BIG DIPPER</b> [Grand Ours] glitters high in the northe= ast these evenings, standing on its handle.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51= ,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><b styl= e=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Daylight Savings Time</b> begins at 2 a.m., Sund= ay morning, Mar. 11.=A0 Clocks spring ahead one hour.</span><br style=3D"co= lor:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">On Wedn= esday, March 14, the <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">MOON </b>will go int= o its last quarter phase, meaning that it will rise at midnight and set at = noon.</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"> <br style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,0,51)">On Satu= rday, Mar. 10, the <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,102,255)">SUN </b>[Soleil] rose= at 6:44 a.m. and will set at 6:23 p.m.=A0 On Saturday, Mar. 17, it will ri= se at 7:31 a.m. and=A0 set at 7:32 p.m.</span><b><br> <br></b></font><font color=3D"#0000FF" size=3D"5"><b><u><font size=3D"4">Th= is Week's Planet Roundup</font><br><br> </u></b></font><font size=3D"4"><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,102,255)">MERCURY = </b>[Mercure] is still about the same height above the western horizon in t= wilight, as it was last week, far below to the lower right of brilliant Ven= us and Jupiter, but it's fading, from a weak magnitude +0.5 on Mar. 9 t= o an essentially invisible +2.4 on March 14.<br> <br><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">VENUS </b>[V=E9nus] and <b style=3D"c= olor:rgb(51,51,255)">JUPITER </b>have their spectacular conjunction in the = western evening sky this week. These are the two brightest celestial object= s, after the Sun and the Moon, at magnitude -4.3 and -2.1, respectively. Th= ey appear closest together, separated by only 3 degrees, on March 12-14. Af= ter that Jupiter moves away, lower.<br> <br><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">MARS</b>, about magnitude -1.1, shine= s bright fire-orange low in the east during twilight and dominates the east= ern sky after dark. The star <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,102,255)">REGULUS </b= >twinkles about 10 degrees to its upper right. Mars shines highest in the s= outh by midnight.<br> <br><b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">SATURN </b>[Saturne], at magnitude +0= .4, rises in the east around 10 p.m. and shines highest in the south around= 4 a.m. Accompanying it, 6 or 7 degrees to the right or upper right is the = star <b style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">SPICA</b>, a little fainter at magni= tude+ 1.0, and bluer.=A0 Saturn's rings are tilted 15 degrees from our = line of sight, their most open since 2007, and readily seen with a birding = scope.</font><br> <br>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D= "_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4">My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com/" ta= rget=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width= :16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;= min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-he= ight:16px"></span><span 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style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></span></u></fon= t> <font size=3D"4"><br> Author, "<a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" target=3D"_blank"><b= >Birding Sites of Nova Scotia</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;widt= h:16px;height:16px"></span></font><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:1= 6px;height:16px"></span><br> <br><font size=3D"4">Birding the Americas -=A0 <a href=3D"http://www.birdin= gtheamericas.com" target=3D"_blank"><b>Trip Report & Trip Planning Repo= sitory</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></s= pan></font><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></span= ><br> <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank= "><b>Canbird Tours</b></a></font><br><br> <a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"> </a><br> <br> <br><div></div><div></div><div></div><br> --f46d0444eebba64c6f04bae8f55f--
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