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--047d7bfea20ef195c7050f26e6b7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:* *This Week's Sky at a Glance* *=E2=80=8BFeb 13-19* On Wednesday, February 18, the Moon will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it during the night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides On Thursday the 19th, you can catch the hairline crescent Moon far to the lower right of Venus and Mars. It's only one day old! Bring binoculars. Venus, Mars, and the Moon form a tight bunch as twilight fades. Mark your calendar for this one! A day later Mars and Venus appear closest, with the thickening crescent now above them. After dusk at this time of year: Ursa Major is in the northeast with the Big Dipper as its brightest part. Bright Capella passes straight overhead, or nearly so, around 8 p.m. And whenever Capella passes highest, Rigel in Orion's foot is always due south. Mid-February is when Orion stands highest in the south at dusk. His eastern shoulder, orange-red Betelgeuse, forms the Winter Triangle with brilliant Sirius far below and Procyon to their left. Mars is now just 2=C2=B0 above Venus in the west-southwest at dusk. They'll remain at least this close for the next nine days. On Friday, February 20, Venus, the thin crescent Moon, and little Mars form a tight bunch in the west-southwest during and after dusk. They fit in a circle just 2=C2=B0 across at the times of dusk. for most of North America. On Saturday, February 21, Venus and Mars are in conjunction 0.4=C2=B0 apart= at dusk, with the Moon now looking on from on high. On Saturday, February 14, the sun rose at 7:25 a.m. and will set at 5:42 p.m. giving 10 hours 17 minutes of daylight. On Saturday, February 21, the sun will rise at 7:13 a.m. and set at 5:52 p.m. to give 10 hours 39 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, New Brunswick). The days are getting longer! *This Week's Planet Roundup * =E2=80=8B Mercury (about magnitude +0.2) is becoming visible before sunrise. Look for it just above the east-southeast horizon in early dawn. As the sky brightens, you'll need binoculars. Venus (magnitude =E2=80=933.9) and Mars (less than 1% as bright, at magnitu= de +1.2) are drawing close together in the west-southwest during evening twilight. The gap between them diminishes this week from 4=C2=B0 on the 13th (when Ma= rs is on top) to 0.4=C2=B0 at their conjunction on the evening of Saturday the 21= st (with Mars just to Venus's upper right). On Friday the 20th, the crescent Moon joins them to make a beautiful bunch. Jupiter (magnitude =E2=80=932.6) was at opposition last week. Watch for it = coming into view in the east as twilight fades. By 8 p.m. Jupiter is high in the east. By 11 p.m. it's essentially as high as it will get. Saturn (magnitude +0.5) rises around 2 a.m. It=E2=80=99s placed fairly high= in the south as dawn begins. Below Saturn by 9=C2=B0 is orange Antares. *Blake's Pick**=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B** of NASA's Weekly Photos:* =E2=80=8B *Aurora on Ice=E2=80=8B* <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150213.htm= l> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150213.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> --047d7bfea20ef195c7050f26e6b7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4"><b>Courtesy of Nelson Poirier:</b><br><u><b><br></b></u></font><div style=3D"text-align:center"><= font size=3D"4"><u><b>This Week's <span>Sky</span> at a Glance</b></u><= /font><br><font size=3D"4"><u><b><br><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"= font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline">=E2=80=8BFeb = 13-19<br></div></b></u></font></div><br> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Wednesday, February 18, the Moon will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it during the night. Expect higher high tides and lower low tides<span style>= =C2=A0 </span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Thursday the 19th, you can catch the hairline crescent Moon far to the lower right o= f Venus and Mars. It's only one day old! Bring binoculars.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Venus, Mars, and the Moon form a tight bunch as twilight fades. Mark your calendar for t= his one! </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">A day later Mars and Venus appear closest, with the thickening crescent now above them.= </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">After dusk at this time of year: Ursa Major is in the northeast with the Big Dipper as it= s brightest part.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US"><span style></span>Bright = Capella passes straight overhead, or nearly so, around 8 p.m. And whenever Capella passes highest, Rigel in Orio= n's foot is always due south.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Mid-February is when Orion stands highest in the south at dusk. His eastern shoulder, orange-red Betelgeuse, forms the Winter Triangle with brilliant Sirius far below and Procyon to their left.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Mars is now just 2=C2=B0 above Venus in the west-southwest at dusk. They'll remain = at least this close for the next nine days.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Friday, February 20, Venus, the thin crescent Moon, and little Mars form a tight bu= nch in the west-southwest during and after dusk. They fit in a circle just 2=C2= =B0 across at the times of dusk. for most of North America.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Saturday, February 21, Venus and Mars are in conjunction 0.4=C2=B0 apart at dusk, wit= h the Moon now looking on from on high.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">On Saturday, February 14, the sun rose at 7:25 a.m. and will set at 5:42 p.m. giving 10 hours 17 minutes of daylight.<span style>=C2=A0 </span>On Saturday, February 21, the sun will rise at 7:13 a.m. and set at 5:52 p.m. = to give 10 hours 39 minutes of daylight hours (These values are for Moncton, N= ew Brunswick). </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">The days are getting longer!</span></p> <br><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><div class=3D= "gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;disp= lay:inline"> =E2=80=8B <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Mercury (about magnitude +0.2) is becoming visible before sunrise. Look for it just above the east-southeast horizon in early dawn. As the sky brightens, you&#= 39;ll need binoculars.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Venus (magnitude =E2=80=933.9) and Mars (less than 1% as bright, at magnitude +1.= 2) are drawing close together in the west-southwest during evening twilight. The g= ap between them diminishes this week from 4=C2=B0 on the 13th (when Mars is on= top) to 0.4=C2=B0 at their conjunction on the evening of Saturday the 21st (with Ma= rs just to Venus's upper right). On Friday the 20th, the crescent Moon joins th= em to make a beautiful bunch.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Jupiter (magnitude =E2=80=932.6) was at opposition last week. Watch for it coming i= nto view in the east as twilight fades. By 8 p.m. Jupiter is high in the east. By 11 p.= m. it's essentially as high as it will get. </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:normal"><= span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans= -serif";color:rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3D"EN-US">Saturn (magnitude +0.5) rises around 2 a.m. It=E2=80=99s placed fairly high in the= south as dawn begins. Below Saturn by 9=C2=B0 is orange Antares.</span></p> <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/ap150213.html"><b>Aurora on = Ice=E2=80=8B</b></a></div><b><br></b><br><span></span></font><div><div><spa= n style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size=3D"4"><img src=3D"http= s://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"><a href=3D"http://apod.na= sa.gov/apod/ap150213.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150213.html</a></fon= t></span></div><div><div><img src=3D"https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/ma= il/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span><font color=3D"#888888"> </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 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