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--047d7bf15ed29bb78304d88c720b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* * * *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *Some Night Sky Sights for March 22 - 30* *Comet PanSTARRS* is fading. It still can be seen in evening twilight, the darker a sky you can view it in now, the better. *Orion *is in the southwest in the evening, leaning over to slide down to the western horizon. Orion's three-star belt is turning nearly horizontal. It is framed by the two brightest starlike points in the sky: *Jupiter *off to his right and *Sirius *to his left. Look northwest right after dark for W-shaped *Cassiopeia *standing on end. The brightest part of the W is on the bottom. On Tuesday, March 26 the *Moon *will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Look for higher high tides and lower low tides. This is the time of year when the dim *Little Dipper* juts to the right from *Polaris *(the Little Dipper's handle-end) during evening hours. The much brighter* Big Dipper *curls over high above it, "dumping water" into it. On Saturday, March 23, the *Sun *rose at 7:15 a.m. and will set at 7:35 p.m. giving 12 hours 20 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, March 30, the sun will rise at 7:01 a.m. and set at 7:44 p.m. to give 12 hours 42 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). * * *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury *(brightening from magnitude +0.6 to +0.2 this week) is having a poor apparition very low in the dawn. Use binoculars to scan for it just above the east-southeast horizon about 30 minutes before sunrise. *Venus *and *Mars *are lost in the glare of the Sun. *Jupiter *(magnitude -2.1) comes into view high in the west after sunset, and then descends as night grows late. Lower left of Jupiter is orange * Aldebaran*. They set in the west-northwest around the middle of the night. *Saturn *(magnitude +0.3) rises in the east-southeast only about an hour after the end of twilight now. Saturn shines highest in the south around 4 a.m. Blake's NASA daily photo pick of the week: *Comet PanSTARRS and Castle*<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130322.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130322.html -- 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>** --047d7bf15ed29bb78304d88c720b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4"><b>Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:</b><br><b><br></b></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font si= ze=3D"4"><b>This Week's Sky at a Glance</b></font><br><br><font size=3D= "4"><b>Some Night Sky Sights for March 22 - 30</b></font><br></div><font si= ze=3D"4"><br> <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Comet PanSTARRS</b></span> is fadin= g. It still can be seen in evening twilight, the darker a sky you can view = it in now, the better.<br><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Orion= </b></span>is in the southwest in the evening, leaning over to slide down = to the western horizon. Orion's three-star belt is turning nearly horiz= ontal. It is framed by the two brightest starlike points in the sky: <span = style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Jupiter </b></span>off to his right and <= span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Sirius </b></span>to his left.<br> <br>Look northwest right after dark for W-shaped <span style=3D"color:rgb(5= 1,51,255)"><b>Cassiopeia </b></span>standing on end. The brightest part of = the W is on the bottom.<br><br>On Tuesday, March 26 the <span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Moon </b></span>will go into its Full Phase meaning we= will see it all night. Look for higher high tides and lower low tides.<br> <br>This is the time of year when the dim <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,25= 5)"><b>Little Dipper</b></span> juts to the right from <span style=3D"color= :rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Polaris </b></span>(the Little Dipper's handle-end)= during evening hours. The much brighter<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)= "><b> Big Dipper </b></span>curls over high above it, "dumping water&q= uot; into it.<br> <br>On Saturday, March 23, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b><fon= t size=3D"4">S</font>un </b></span>rose at 7:15 a.m. and will set at 7:35 p= .m. giving 12 hours 20 minutes of daylight hours.=A0 On Saturday, March 30,= the sun will rise at 7:01 a.m. and set at 7:44 p.m. to give 12 hours 42 mi= nutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). <br> <u><b><br></b></u></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4">= <u><b>This Week's Planet Roundup</b></u></font><br></div><font size=3D"= 4"><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mercury </b></span>(brighten= ing from magnitude +0.6 to +0.2 this week) is having a poor apparition very= low in the dawn. Use binoculars to scan for it just above the east-southea= st horizon about 30 minutes before sunrise.<br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>and <span styl= e=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Mars </b></span>are lost in the glare of the = Sun.<br><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Jupiter </b></span>(mag= nitude -2.1) comes into view high in the west after sunset, and then descen= ds as night grows late. Lower left of Jupiter is orange <span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Aldebaran</b></span>.=A0 They set in the west-northwes= t around the middle of the night.<br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Saturn </b></span>(magnitude +0= .3) rises in the east-southeast only about an hour after the end of twiligh= t now.=A0 Saturn shines highest in the south around 4 a.m. <br><br><br>Blak= e's NASA <font size=3D"4">daily photo pick of the week: <a href=3D"http= ://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130322.html"><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><= b>Comet PanSTARRS and Castle</b></span></a></font><br> <br><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130322.html">http://apod.nasa.go= v/apod/ap130322.html</a><br><br></font>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"m= ailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia</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 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