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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01D0742C.B330B080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This Week=92s Sky at a Glance, April 10 =96 18 =20 Venus and the Pleiades are at their closest together. The stars appear = to slide down to the lower right from day to day, while Venus hangs = almost in place. You can you still catch faint Mars departing near the horizon this week. = Look early and use binoculars. During and after late twilight, look for the Pleiades to the upper right = of bright Venus in the west about two finger-widths at arm's length. Upper left of Venus is 1st-magnitude Aldebaran, an orange-yellow in = colour. The Moon will go into its Last-quarter Phase on Sunday, April 12 just = after midnight meaning it will rise at midnight and set at noon.=20 By Monday, April 13, Venus stands smack on the line from the Pleiades to = Aldebaran, less than a third of the way from the former to the latter. After dark as spring advances, the Big Dipper high in the northeast is = tipping over as if to dump water into the dim Little Dipper's bowl, = which is swinging up far below it. Bright Arcturus is climbing high in the east these evenings, and equally = bright Capella is descending high in the northwest. They stand at = exactly the same height above your horizon at some moment between about = 10:00 and 11:30 p.m. As twilight fades into night, look high in the west for Pollux and = Castor lined up almost horizontally. They're well to the lower right of = bright Jupiter. Pollux and Castor (the heads of the now-almost-upright = Gemini twins) form the top of the enormous Arch of Spring. The two ends = of the Arch are Procyon to their lower left and brighter Capella farther = to their lower right. On Saturday, April 18, 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, April 11, the sun rose at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 8:01 = p.m. giving 13 hours 22 minutes of daylight. On Saturday, April 18, the = sun will rise at 6:26 a.m. and will set at 8:10 p.m. to give 13 hours 43 = minutes of daylight hours. (These values are for Moncton, New = Brunswick).=20 This Week's Planet Roundup Mercury is hidden deep in the glow of sunset. Venus (magnitude =964.1) blazes in the west during and after twilight = =97 the "Evening Star." It doesn't set in the west-northwest until = nearly two hours after dark. The Pleiades pass to its right on April = 10th and 11th. Aldebaran is to Venus's left around April 16th. Mars (magnitude +1.4, less than 1% as bright as Venus) is sinking away = into the sunset. It's 22=B0 to the lower right of Venus on April 10th = and 25=B0 from it by the 17th. Binoculars will help. Jupiter (magnitude =962.3) shines high in the south at dusk. It's the = brightest point of light high on that side of the sky.=20 Saturn (magnitude +0.2) rises around midnight and is highest in the = south in early-morning hours. Below or lower left of Saturn (by 9=B0) is orange Antares, not quite as = bright.=20 David Currie 31 Old Birch Rd Dartmouth, NS B2W6B4 902-476-6616 ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01D0742C.B330B080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: = auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1"><B><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us; = mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 22pt" color=3D#333333>This Week=92s = Sky at a Glance,=20 April 10 =96 18</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; = mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans"'><FONT=20 face=3DVerdana><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333> = </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f1f1f1; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>Venus and the = Pleiades are=20 at their closest together. The stars appear to slide down to the lower = right=20 from day to day, while Venus hangs almost in = place.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f1f1f1; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"=20 color=3D#333333></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f1f1f1; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>You can you = still catch=20 faint Mars departing near the horizon this week. Look early and use=20 binoculars.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>During and = after late=20 twilight, look for the Pleiades to the upper right of bright Venus in = the west=20 about two finger-widths at arm's length.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>Upper left of = Venus is=20 1st-magnitude Aldebaran, an orange-yellow in = colour.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>The Moon will = go into its=20 Last-quarter Phase on Sunday, April 12 just after midnight meaning it = will rise=20 at midnight and set at noon. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>By Monday, = April 13, Venus=20 stands smack on the line from the Pleiades to Aldebaran, less than a = third of=20 the way from the former to the latter.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>After dark as = spring=20 advances, the Big Dipper high in the northeast is tipping over as if to = dump=20 water into the dim Little Dipper's bowl, which is swinging up far below=20 it.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>Bright = Arcturus is climbing=20 high in the east these evenings, and equally bright Capella is = descending high=20 in the northwest. They stand at exactly the same height above your = horizon at=20 some moment between about 10:00 and 11:30 p.m.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 color=3D#333333><FONT face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">As = twilight fades into=20 night, look high in the west for Pollux and Castor lined up almost = horizontally.=20 They're well to the lower right of bright Jupiter. Pollux and Castor = (the heads=20 of the now-almost-upright Gemini twins) form the top of the enormous = Arch of=20 Spring. The two ends of the Arch are Procyon to their lower = </FONT></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A style=3D"name: _goback"></A></FONT><FONT = face=3D""><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">left and brighter Capella farther to their = lower=20 right.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>On Saturday, = April 18, the=20 Moon will go into its New Phase meaning we will not see it at all during = the=20 night. Expect higher high tides and lower low = tides.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = 13pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 16pt"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">On Saturday, = April 11,=20 the sun rose at 6:39 a.m. and will set at 8:01 p.m. giving 13 hours 22 = minutes=20 of daylight.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On Saturday, = April 18,=20 the sun will rise at 6:26 a.m. and will set at 8:10 p.m. to give 13 = hours 43=20 minutes of daylight hours. (These values are for Moncton, New = Brunswick).=20 </FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"=20 color=3D#333333></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"MARGIN: 18pt 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-outline-level: = 3"><B><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3DArial><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>This Week's = Planet=20 Roundup</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT color=3D#333333><B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Mercury</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> is hidden deep in the glow of=20 sunset.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT color=3D#333333><B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Venus</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> (magnitude =964.1) blazes in the west during = and after=20 twilight =97 the "Evening Star." It doesn't set in the west-northwest = until nearly=20 two hours after dark. The Pleiades pass to its right on April 10th and = 11th.=20 Aldebaran is to Venus's left around April = 16th.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT color=3D#333333><B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Mars</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> (magnitude +1.4, less than 1% as bright as = Venus) is=20 sinking away into the sunset. It's 22=B0 to the lower right of Venus on = April 10th=20 and 25=B0 from it by the 17th. Binoculars will=20 help.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT color=3D#333333><B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Jupiter</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> (magnitude =962.3) shines high in the south = at dusk. It's=20 the brightest point of light high on that side of the sky.=20 </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT color=3D#333333><B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Saturn</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> (magnitude +0.2) rises around midnight and is = highest=20 in the south in early-morning hours.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = normal"><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'><FONT=20 face=3D""><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=3D#333333>Below or lower = left of=20 Saturn (by 9=B0) is orange Antares, not quite as bright. = </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: = 13pt"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT> </P> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000">David=20 Currie<BR>31 Old Birch Rd<BR>Dartmouth,=20 NS<BR>B2W6B4<BR>902-476-6616<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01D0742C.B330B080--
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