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--047d7b2e3e685bbf4504e435c0da Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* *This Week's Sky at a Glance Some night sky sights for August 16 - 24** * By about 11 p.m., W-shaped *Cassiopeia *is now as high in the northeast as the *Big Dipper* is in the northwest. Cassiopeia will grow ever more ascendant over the Dipper for the next several months as the seasons turn. The two brightest stars of summer are *Vega*, passing overhead soon after dark, and *Arcturus* shining in the west. Arcturus is orange-yellow. Their colour difference is pretty clear to the unaided eye. On Tuesday, August 20, the *moon *will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. This is the time of year when the *Big Dipper* scoops down during evening, as if to pick up water. Look northwest. On Saturday, August 17 the *sun *rose at 6:21 a.m. and will set at 8:24 p.m. giving 14 hours 03 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, August 24, the sun will rise at 6:30 a.m. and set at 8:12 p.m. to give 13 hours 42 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury *is hidden deep in the glow of sunrise. *Venus *(magnitude -4.0) shines brightly low in the west in evening twilight, far below *Arcturus*. Look to its left and somewhat higher for much fainter *Spica*, and further on, *Saturn*. *Mars *and *Jupiter *shine in the east before and during dawn. Jupiter is the highest and brightest (magnitude -2.0). Look for faint Mars (magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to Jupiter's lower left. Saturn (magnitude +0.7) glows in the southwest as twilight fades, with Spica 12=B0 to its lower right and Venus much farther lower right. Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos: *Perseid Meteors Over Ontario * <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130813.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130813.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> --047d7b2e3e685bbf4504e435c0da Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:</b></u><br><br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><b><font si= ze=3D"4">This Week's Sky at a Glance</font><br><u><font size=3D"4">Some= night sky sights for August 16 - 24</font></u></b><u><br></u></div><font s= ize=3D"4"><br> By about 11 p.m., W-shaped <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Cassiope= ia </b></span>is now as high in the northeast as the <span style=3D"color:r= gb(153,0,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> is in the northwest. Cassiopeia wil= l grow ever more ascendant over the Dipper for the next several months as t= he seasons turn.<br> <br>The two brightest stars of summer are <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,25= 5)"><b>Vega</b></span>, passing overhead soon after dark, and <span style= =3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Arcturus</b></span> shining in the west. Arctu= rus is orange-yellow. Their colour difference is pretty clear to the unaide= d eye.<br> <br>On Tuesday, August 20, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>moon= </b></span>will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. E= xpect higher high tides and lower low tides.<br><br>This is the time of yea= r when the <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> sc= oops down during evening, as if to pick up water. Look northwest.<br> <br>On Saturday, August 17 the <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>sun = </b></span>rose at 6:21 a.m. and will set at 8:24 p.m. giving 14 hours 03 m= inutes of daylight hours.=A0 On Saturday, August 24, the sun will rise at 6= :30 a.m. and set at 8:12 p.m. to give 13 hours 42 minutes of daylight hours= (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). <br> <br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,= 255)"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's Planet Roundup</b></u></font><= /span><br></div><font size=3D"4"><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><= b>Mercury </b></span>is hidden deep in the glow of sunrise.<br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>(magnitude -4.= 0) shines brightly low in the west in evening twilight, far below <span sty= le=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Arcturus</b></span>. Look to its left and so= mewhat higher for much fainter <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Spic= a</b></span>, and further on, <span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Satur= n</b></span>.=A0 <br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Mars </b></span>and <span style= =3D"color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Jupiter </b></span>shine in the east before an= d during dawn. Jupiter is the highest and brightest (magnitude -2.0). Look = for faint Mars (magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to Jupiter's lower lef= t. <br> Saturn (magnitude +0.7) glows in the southwest as twilight fades, with Spic= a 12=B0 to its lower right and Venus much farther lower right.<br><br>Blake= 's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos:<div class=3D"gmail_default" style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline"> </div></font><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap13081= 3.html"><b>Perseid Meteors Over Ontario </b> </a><br><a href=3D"http://apod= .nasa.gov/apod/ap130813.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130813.html</a><b= r> </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><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;m= in-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-hei= ght:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16= px"></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 s= tyle=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"pa= dding-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;w= idth:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:1= 6px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;mi= n-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-heig= ht:16px"></span><br> My Photos: <a href=3D"http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/blake-maybank.html= " target=3D"_blank"><b>F<font size=3D"4">ine Art America</font></b></a><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><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;m= in-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-hei= ght:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16= px"></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 s= tyle=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"pa= dding-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;w= idth:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:1= 6px;min-height:16px"></span><br> Organiser, <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" target=3D"_blank"><b= >Maritimes Nature Travel Club</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;widt= h:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px= ;min-height:16px"></span></font><br> <br><div></div><div></div><div></div> </div> --047d7b2e3e685bbf4504e435c0da--
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