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--047d7b2ed23be6e5a804e546509e 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 30 - September 7* By about 10 p.m. now, W-shaped *Cassiopeia *has risen as high in the northeast as the *Big Dipper* is in the northwest. Midway between them, and a bit higher, is Polaris. Cassiopeia will grow more ascendant over the Dipper in the coming weeks and months as the seasons turn. Right after dark at this time of year, bright *Vega *shines almost straight overhead. On Thursday, September 5, the *moon *will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it at all during the night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides On Saturday, August 31 the *sun *rose at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 7:59 p.m. giving 13 hours 20 minutes of daylight hours. On Saturday, September 7, the sun will rise at 6:47 a.m. and set at 7:48 p.m. to give 13 hours 1 minute of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). Note: I mistakenly placed this same sunrise:sunset schedule out last week. No one called me to task! Is this not being read anymore?? *This Week's Planet Roundup* *Mercury *is hidden in the glare of sunset. *Venus *(magnitude -4.0) shines brightly low in the west in evening twilight, far below *Arcturus*. Look a little to its left for much fainter *Spica *early in the week, then watch Venus close in on Spica every day. It passes less than 2=B0 above Spica on September 5th. Binoculars help. Look too for Saturn about 14=B0 upper left of Spica. *Mars and Jupiter* shine in the east before and during dawn. Jupiter is the highest and brightest (magnitude -2.0). Look for fainter Mars (magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to Jupiter's lower left. Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos: * A Retreating Thunderstorm at Sunset <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html>* <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.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>** --047d7b2ed23be6e5a804e546509e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4"><b>Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:</b><br><br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4= "><b>This Week's Sky at a Glance</b></font><br><u><font size=3D"4"><b>S= ome night sky sights for August 30 - September 7</b></font></u><br></div><f= ont size=3D"4"><br> By about 10 p.m. now, W-shaped <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Cassio= peia </b></span>has risen as high in the northeast as the <span style=3D"co= lor:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Big Dipper</b></span> is in the northwest. Midway betw= een them, and a bit higher, is Polaris. Cassiopeia will grow more ascendant= over the Dipper in the coming weeks and months as the seasons turn.<br> <br>Right after dark at this time of year, bright <span style=3D"color:rgb(= 0,0,255)"><b>Vega </b></span>shines almost straight overhead. <br><br>On Th= ursday, September 5, the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>moon </b></s= pan>will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it at all during the= night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides<br> <br>On Saturday, August 31 the <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>sun </= b></span>rose at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 7:59 p.m. giving 13 hours 20 min= utes of daylight hours.=A0 On Saturday, September 7, the sun will rise at 6= :47 a.m. and set at 7:48 p.m. to give 13 hours 1 minute of daylight hours (= These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). <br> Note: I mistakenly placed this same sunrise:sunset schedule out last week. = No one called me to task! Is this not being read anymore?? <br><br></font><= div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's Plan= et Roundup</b></u></font><br> </div><font size=3D"4"><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Mercury </= b></span>is hidden in the glare of sunset.<br><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(= 0,0,255)"><b>Venus </b></span>(magnitude -4.0) shines brightly low in the w= est in evening twilight, far below <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Ar= cturus</b></span>. Look a little to its left for much fainter <span style= =3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Spica </b></span>early in the week, then watch V= enus close in on Spica every day. It passes less than 2=B0 above Spica on S= eptember 5th. Binoculars help. Look too for Saturn about 14=B0 upper left o= f Spica.<br> <br><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Mars and Jupiter</b></span> shine= in the east before and during dawn. Jupiter is the highest and brightest (= magnitude -2.0). Look for fainter Mars (magnitude +1.6) increasingly far to= Jupiter's lower left. <br> <br>Blake's Pick of NASA's Weekly Photos:<div class=3D"gmail_defaul= t" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline"><= b> <a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html">A Retreating Thunder= storm at Sunset </a></b><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html"= > </a><br> </div><a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130828.html">http://apod.nasa.= gov/apod/ap130828.html</a><br><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 </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">&