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--047d7b622820f4c2b704d2039a93 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *Night sky sights for December 28 =96 January 5*** *Sirius*, the Dog Star, sparkles low in the east-southeast in early evening and Jupiter forms a straight line with Aldebaran . On Monday, December 31 after the New Year is brought in, the bright Moon will be shining in the southeast, with *Regulus *to its left. Due south is Sirius at its greatest height, with *Orion *to its upper right and the * Jupiter-Aldebaran* arrangement farther on. By about 9 p.m., the *Big Dipper* is swinging upward in the north-northeast. It drags the end of its handle along the horizon as its bowl rises upward. In this coldest time of the year, the dim *Little Dipper* hangs straight down from *Polaris *in mid-evening as if from a nail on the cold north wall of the sky. On Friday, January 4, the* latest sunrise *of the year happens this morning. With dawn coming its latest at this time of year, take a look outside for the waning *Moon *passing *Spica *and *Saturn*. On Friday, January 4, the *Moon *will go into its Last Quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon. On Saturday, December 29, the *Sun *will rise at 8:02 a.m. and set at 4:49 p.m. On Saturday, January 5, the sun will rise at 8:02 a.m. and set at 4:55 p.m. *This Week's Planet Roundup* * * *Mercury* (magnitude =960.6) is disappearing low in bright dawn, well to th= e lower left of Venus low in the southeast. They're 11=B0 to 13=B0 apart. Loo= k for it early in the week with binoculars. *Venus* (magnitude =963.9) is still the bright =91Morning Star=92 but it's moving lower in the dawn every week. Look southeast. *Mars* (magnitude +1.2) still remains low in the southwest in evening twilight. *Jupiter* (magnitude =962.8) is the first to come out in the eastern sky after sundown. It climbs to dominate the high southeastern sky later the evening, with orange Aldebaran 5=B0 below it. Jupiter passes highest in the south around 10 p.m. Looking at Jupiter with a birding scope at this timewill show four of its moon, three to the left and one to the right. *Saturn* (magnitude +0.7) rises in the east-southeast around 3 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's fairly high in the southeast. That's the best time to get your birding scope on it. Saturn's rings are tilted 19=B0 to our lin= e of sight, the widest open they've been in seven years. Blake's Favourite NASA daily photo from the past week: *Winter Night at Yosemite National Park* <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121225.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121225.html *Happy New Year to all. Wishing you clear night skies in 2013 (at least on those special evenings).* --=20 Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> My Photos: *Fine Art America*<http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/blake-maybank.html> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** --047d7b622820f4c2b704d2039a93 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4">Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:<br></font><br><font size=3D"4"> </font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;ma= rgin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">T= his Week's Sky at a Glance</span></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><fo= nt size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><i><span>Nig= ht sky sights for December 28 =96 January 5</span></i></b><b><span></span></b></sp= an></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Sirius</b></span>, the Dog Star, sparkles low in the east-southeast in early evening and Jupit= er forms a straight line with Aldebaran . </span></span></font></p><font size= =3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>On Monday, December 31 after the New Year is brought in, the bright Moon will = be shining in the southeast, with <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Regu= lus </b></span>to its left. Due south is Sirius at its greatest height, with <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Orion </b></s= pan>to its upper right and the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Jupi= ter-Aldebaran</b></span> arrangement farther on. </span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span sty= le=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>By about 9 p.m., the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> i= s swinging upward in the north-northeast. It drags the end of its handle along the horizon as its bowl rises upward. </span></span= ></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>In this coldest time of the year, the dim <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>L= ittle Dipper</b></span> hangs straight down from <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Polaris </b></span>in mid-evening a= s if from a nail on the cold north wall of the sky. </span></span></font></= p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>On Friday, January 4, t</span><span>he<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,1= 02,255)"><b> latest sunrise </b></span>of the year happens this morning. </span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>With dawn coming its latest at this time of year, take a look outside for the waning = <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Moon </b></span>passing <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Spica </b></span= >and <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Saturn</b></span>. </span></sp= an></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>On Friday, January 4, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><= font size=3D"4">M</font>oon </b></span>will go into its Last Quarter Phase meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon.</span>= </span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-s= erif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span>=A0</span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bott= om:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:= tahoma,sans-serif"><span>On Saturday, December 29, the <span style=3D"color= :rgb(51,51,255)"><b><font size=3D"4">S</font>un </b></span>will rise at 8:0= 2 a.m. and set at 4:49 p.m. On Saturday, January 5, the sun will rise at 8:02 a.m. and set at 4:55 p.m.</span></span></font><span style=3D"font-size:12.0= pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p= class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-= height:normal"> <span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",&qu= ot;serif""><br></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-botto= m:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=3D"font-size:12= .0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><b><span style=3D"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",&qu= ot;sans-serif"">This Week's Planet Roundup</span></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mar= gin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span><br></span></b><span> </span></span></= font></p> <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font siz= e=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:= rgb(51,51,255)"><b><span>Mercury</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude =960.6) is disappearing low in bright dawn, well to the lower left of Venus low in the southeast. They're 11=B0 to 13=B0 apart. Look for it early in the week with binocu= lars. <br></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-hei= ght:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">= <span><br> </span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma= ,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font siz= e=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:= rgb(51,51,255)"><b><span>Venus</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color:= rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude =963.9) is still the bright =91Morning Star=92 but it's moving lower in the dawn every week.= Look southeast. <br></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"lin= e-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-se= rif"><span><br></span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font siz= e=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:= rgb(51,51,255)"><b><span>Mars</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color:r= gb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude +1.2) still remains low in the southwest in evening twilight. <br></span></span></font></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></p><fon= t size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-h= eight:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><span>Jupiter</span></b></span><s= pan><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude =962.8) is the = first to come out in the eastern sky after sundown. It climbs to dominate the high southeastern sky later the evening, with orange Aldebaran 5=B0 below it. Ju= piter passes highest in the south around 10 p.m. Looking at Jupiter with a birdin= g scope at this time<a name=3D"_GoBack"></a> will show four of its moon, thre= e to the left and one to the right.</span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l" style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><sp= an style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font><= /p> <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font siz= e=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:= rgb(51,51,255)"><b><span>Saturn</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"color= :rgb(51,51,255)"> </span>(magnitude +0.7) rises in the east-southeast around 3 a.m. By the beginning of dawn it's fairly high = in the southeast. That's the best time to get your birding scope on it. Saturn= 's rings are tilted 19=B0 to our line of sight, the widest open they've been in = seven years. <br></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-he= ight:normal"><br><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-se= rif"><span></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-he= ight:normal"> <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><font = size=3D"4">Blake's Favourite NASA d<font size=3D"4">aily photo from th<= font size=3D"4">e past week:=A0 <a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap1212= 25.html"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><font size=3D"4">Winter Ni= ght at Yosemite National Park</font></b></span></a><br> </font></font></font></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"line-height:normal"><br><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"line-height:normal"> <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><font = size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"ht= tp://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121225.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121225.h= tml</a></font></font></font></font></span></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><br><font size=3D"4"><s= pan style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p>= <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal"><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><font size=3D"4"><font size= =3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><b>Happy New Year= to all.=A0 <font size=3D"4">Wishing you clear <font size=3D"4">night skies= in 2013 (at least on those spe<font size=3D"4">cial ev<font size=3D"4">eni= ngs).</font></font></font></font></b></font></font></font></font></font><br= > </span></span></font></p><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma= ,sans-serif"> </span><br></font>-- <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><br> <font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" target= =3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16p= x;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-height= :16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"= ></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></spa= n><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><spa= n style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span styl= e=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"p= adding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding= -right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><br> My Photos: <a 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