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--001a11c25d2245b914050df7de14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *Jan. 30 - Feb 7* Some daily sky sights among the ever-changing Moon, planets, and stars. Each day now, the bright Moon shines lower in the east at nightfall. On Monday, February 2, the bright Moon is just a day short of full this evening. Look to its right for Procyon, and to its lower left for brighter Jupiter. High above the Moon are Pollux and Castor. On February 3, the moon will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides. On Tuesday, February 3, the full Moon climbs the eastern sky this evening with Jupiter shining a few degrees to its left. They may look paired, but Jupiter is actually 1,600 times farther away. (Which is why it looks small despite being 40 times larger than the Moon in diameter!) On Wednesday, February 4, Jupiter shines above the Moon this evening. Look closer to the Moon's left for Regulus. On Thursday, February 5, the waning gibbous Moon rises around 9 p.m. High above it, Jupiter is already shining brightly. Look between them and a touch left for fainter Regulus. Orion strides high in the southeastern sky after dusk, with his three-star belt pointing down toward brilliant Sirius, the Dog Star. The bright trio of Sirius, Betelgeuse high above in Orion's shoulder, and Procyon to their left form the big, equilateral Winter Triangle. *This Week's Planet Roundup * Look west-southwest in twilight to watch Venus and Mars closing in on each other for the next two weeks. Mercury is hidden deep in the glow of sunrise. Venus (magnitude =E2=80=933.9) shines in the west-southwest during evening twilight. It's climbing a little higher each week, on its way to a grand apparition as the high "Evening Star" this spring. Mars (magnitude +1.2) glimmers weakly above Venus and a bit left. Look carefully; Mars is less than a hundredth as bright! The gap between Venus and Mars diminishes from 10=C2=B0 to 7=C2=B0 this week. They're heading for= a close conjunction in late February. Jupiter (magnitude =E2=80=932.6,) is at opposition this week. It comes into= view low in the east-northeast as twilight fades, and by 10 p.m. it's high in the east. Down below it is fainter Regulus (magnitude +1.4). Jupiter and Regulus pass highest in the south in the middle of the night. Saturn (magnitude +0.5, rises around 3 a.m. and is well up in the southeast befor =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B e dawn. =E2=80=8B *Blake's Pick**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* =E2=80=8B *Comet Lovejoy in a Winter Sky=E2=80=8B* <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150128.html> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150128.html --=20 Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> --001a11c25d2245b914050df7de14 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4"><b>Cour= tesy of Nelson Poirier:</b><br><u><b><br></b></u></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><= font size=3D"4"><b>This Week's <span>Sky</span> at a Glance</b></font><= br><br><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><b>Ja= n. 30 - Feb 7</b></font></span><br><br><br> <p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family= :tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Some daily sky sights among the ever-c= hanging Moon, planets, and stars.</font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><= font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">=C2=A0</font></span></p= ><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Each day now, the brigh= t Moon shines lower in the east at nightfall.</font></span></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal= "><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font= ></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">On Monday, February 2, = the bright Moon is just a day short of full this evening. Look to its right for Procyon, and to its lower left = for brighter Jupiter. High above the Moon are Pollux and Castor.</font></span><= /p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">On February 3, the moon= will go into its Full Phase meaning we will see it all night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides.</fo= nt></span></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><= span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">On Tuesday, February 3,= the full Moon climbs the eastern sky this evening with Jupiter shining a few degrees to its left. They may look paired, but Jupiter is actually 1,600 times farther away. (Which is why it looks small despite being 40 times larger than the Moon in diameter!)</font= ></span></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D= "font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><spa= n style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">On Wednesday, February = 4, Jupiter shines above the Moon this evening. Look closer to the Moon's left for Regulus.</font></span></p><= p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:= tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span style=3D"fo= nt-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">On Thursday, February 5= , the waning gibbous Moon rises around 9 p.m. High above it, Jupiter is already shining brightly. Look betw= een them and a touch left for fainter Regulus.</font></span></p><p style=3D"tex= t-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-se= rif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:taho= ma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Orion strides high in t= he southeastern sky after dusk, with his three-star belt pointing down toward brilliant Sirius, the Dog Star. Th= e bright trio of Sirius, Betelgeuse high above in Orion's shoulder, and P= rocyon to their left form the big, equilateral Winter Triangle.</font></span></p><= /div><font size=3D"4"><br> <br></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Wee= k's Planet Roundup </b></u></font><br><br> <p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family= :tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Look west-southwest in twilight to wat= ch Venus and Mars closing in on each other for the next two weeks. <br></font></span></p><p s= tyle=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-= family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Mercury is hidden deep = in the glow of sunrise.</font></span></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class= =3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"= 4"><br></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><fon= t size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Venus (magnitude =E2=80= =933.9) shines in the west-southwest during evening twilight. It's climbing a little higher each week, on its way t= o a grand apparition as the high "Evening Star" this spring.</font></= span></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo= nt-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span s= tyle=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Mars (magnitude +1.2) g= limmers weakly above Venus and a bit left. Look carefully; Mars is less than a hundredth as bright! The gap betw= een Venus and Mars diminishes from 10=C2=B0 to 7=C2=B0 this week. They're h= eading for a close conjunction in late February.</font></span></p><p style=3D"text-align:left"= class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font si= ze=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= "><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Jupiter (magnitude =E2= =80=932.6,) is at opposition this week. It comes into view low in the east-northeast as twilight fades, and by 10 p.m. it's high in the east. Down below it is fainter Regulus (magnitude +1.4= ). Jupiter and Regulus pass highest in the south in the middle of the night.</font></s= pan></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font></span></p><span st= yle=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"> </font></span><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4">Saturn (magnitude +0.5,= rises around<span>=C2=A0 </span>3 a.m. and is well up in the southeast bef= or</font></span></p><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahom= a,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline"><font size=3D"4">=E2=80=8B=E2= =80=8B</font></div><font size=3D"4">e dawn.</font><br><p></p><p style=3D"text-align:left" class=3D"MsoNormal">=E2= =80=8B=20 <br></p></div><font size=3D"4"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-f= amily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline"> <br><b>Blake's Pick</b><b>=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B</b><b> of NASA's Weekl= y Photos:</b></div></font><font size=3D"4"><div class=3D"gmail_default" sty= le=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80= =8B=C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150128.html"><b>Comet Love= joy in a Winter Sky=E2=80=8B</b></a></div><br><br><a href=3D"http://apod.na= sa.gov/apod/ap150128.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150128.html</a><br><= br><span></span></font><div><div><img src=3D"https://mail.google.com/mail/u= /0/images/cleardot.gif"></div><div><div><img src=3D"https://ssl.gstatic.com= /ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span><font color=3D"#88= 8888"> </font></span></div><span><font color=3D"#888888"><span><font color=3D"#888= 888">-- <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:=C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" tar= get=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span 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