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--047d7b6dc90e15625904dbe84a48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Courtesy of Nelson Poirier: *This Week's Sky at a Glance* * * * * *Some night sky sights for May 3 =96 11* As soon as the evening gets fully dark, look for the *Big Dipper* very high in the north-northeast. It's upside down, with its handle to the right and its bowl to the left. It's =91dumping water=92 onto the much dimmer *Little Dipper* down below. The three brightest stars in the May dusk are all 0 magnitude: *Capella *in the northwest, *Vega *lower in the northeast, and *Arcturus *high in the east. (Jupiter, far lower left of Capella, is brighter) The brightest star high in the southeast after nightfall is *Arcturus*. Far to its lower right are *Spica *and, lower, *Saturn*. On Thursday, May 9, the *moon *will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it all during the night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. On Saturday, May 4, the *sun *will rose at 6:02 a.m. and will set at 8:30 p.m. giving 14 hours 29minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, May 11, the sun will rise at 5:52 a.m. and set at 8:39 p.m. to give 14 hours 47 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury *is hidden in the glare of the Sun. *Venus *(magnitude =963.9) is just beginning an evening apparition that wil= l continue for the rest of the year. Look 15 or 20 minutes after sunset barely above the west-northwest horizon, far to the lower right of Jupiter. *Mars *remains hidden in the glare of the Sun. Not until summer will it emerge in the dawn. *Jupiter *(magnitude =962.0) is the first =91star=92 to come out in the wes= t after sunset, a little lower every day. It descends in the evening and sets around 11 p.m. Much farther to Jupiter's upper right is bright Capella. *Saturn *(magnitude +0.2) was at opposition last week. It glows low in the east-southeast in late twilight (lower left of Spica and farther lower right of Arcturus), then climbs to shine highest in the south around 11 p.m= . Saturn's rings are currently tilted a nicely open 18=B0 from our line of sight. NASA daily photo -- Blake's pick of the week:* Saturn Hurricane<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130502.html> * <http://rricane.> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130502.html --=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>** --047d7b6dc90e15625904dbe84a48 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 style=3D"text-align:center" class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D= "font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",= "serif";color:black">This Week's Sky at a Glance</span></b></= p> <p style=3D"text-align:center" class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-s= ize:15.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","s= erif";color:black"><br></span></b></p><div style=3D"text-align:center"= ><b> </b></div><p style=3D"text-align:center" class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style= =3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;,"serif";color:black">Some night sky sights for May 3 =96 11</s= pan></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">=A0</sp= an></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">As soon= as the evening gets fully dark, look for the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> very high in = the north-northeast. It's upside down, with its handle to the right and its bowl to the left. It's =91dumping water=92 onto th= e much dimmer <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Little Dipper</b></span> dow= n below.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">=A0</sp= an></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The thr= ee brightest stars in the May dusk are all 0 magnitude: <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Capella </b></span>in th= e northwest, <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Vega </b></span>lower = in the northeast, and <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Arcturus </b></span>high in the east. (Jupiter, far lower left of Capella, is bright= er)</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">=A0</sp= an></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><span s= tyle>=A0</span>The brightest star high in the southeast after nightfall is <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,5= 1,255)"><b>Arcturus</b></span>. Far to its lower right are <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Spica </b></span>and, lower, <s= pan style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>Saturn</b></span>. </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">=A0</sp= an></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">On Thur= sday, May 9, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><b>moon </b></span>wi= ll go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it all during the night. Expect higher high t= ides and lower low tides.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:15.5pt;line-height:115%;fon= t-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">=A0</sp= an></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><s