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**All the
details on a Trail Camera workshop coming up in just over a week are below. Please
note that registration is limited to 20 so make sure to register promptly if
you wish to participate.
NATURE MONCTON WORKSHOP
How to Get the Best Use out of your Trail
Camera
Date: Saturday,
January 24th, at 10:00 AM
Place: Tankville
School, 1979 Elmwood Dr., Moncton
Presenters: Brain
Donovan and Brian Coyle
You might have a trail camera that is taking up space in a
closet or some such place. Or maybe you would like to purchase one but are
uncertain about what to buy or how to set it up. Perhaps you have a trail cam
out, but you just have not been happy with the results. Well, worry no
more! Nature Moncton will be holding a
workshop with two trail cam gurus: Brian Donovan and Brian Coyle. They will show you how to get set up (both
the camera and the placement of the camera) so that you can get the shots and videos
you are looking for. The workshop will
start at 10 AM in the basement of the Tankville Schoolhouse. We will stop for
lunch (be sure to bring a lunch) and then go outside to set up a camera (bring weather-appropriate
clothing).
Trail cams can let you in on parts of the natural world that
you would not normally see. Enrich your
experience of nature by attending this workshop and learning how to use one!
Please register at outandabout4nm@gmail.com as
registration is limited to 20 participants.
All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
**It has been raining too hard for Shannon Inman to use her camera,
so she took a few photos of suspected orange pinwheel mushrooms with her cell phone growing
on a couple of different maple trees, seemingly quite content with the rain.
With the lack of reports coming in, everyone else’s cameras seem shy
to be out in the rain.
**This Week’s Sky at a Glance, 2026 January 17 – January 24
Monoceros is a constellation that is easy to locate, sandwiched between Orion’s
dogs Canis Major and Canis Minor, but it is not easy to see. From urban areas
its dim stars are as elusive as the unicorn they depict. It was one of eight
new constellations created on a globe by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius
around 1612. Of those eight, only Monoceros and Camelopardalis are recognized
as official constellations today. Monoceros is situated within the winter Milky
Way, which is apparent in rural skies.
Despite being a dim constellation, Monoceros is home to some favourite targets
of astrophotographers, in particular the beautiful Rosette Nebula. Another is
the combination of the Cone Nebula, Christmas Tree Cluster and the Fox Fur
Nebula. Check the Internet for their stunning images. Monoceros has one Messier
object within its boundary, the large open cluster M50, otherwise known as the
Heart-Shaped Cluster. It can be seen in binoculars about 40% of the distance
from Sirius to Procyon. Three other open clusters on the Messier list are found
near Monoceros but they lie officially within other constellations. They are
the close pair of M46 and M47 in Puppis, and M48 in Hydra.
This Week in the Solar System
Saturday’s sunrise in Moncton is at 7:56 and sunset will occur at 5:02, giving
9 hours, 6 minutes of daylight (7:58 and 5:10 in Saint John). Next Saturday the
Sun will rise at 7:50 and set at 5:12, giving 9 hours, 22 minutes of daylight
(7:52 and 5:20 in Saint John).
The Moon is new on Sunday and it passes above Saturn next Friday. Saturn is
fairly high in the southwest in early evening, setting around 10 pm. Jupiter is
at its highest by 11:30. On Wednesday telescope users might see Jupiter’s
moon Io lead its shadow across the planet between 7:50 and 10:20, at which time
the Red Spot will be midway across the planet. Venus, Mars and Mercury are out
of sight, with Mercury at superior conjunction on Wednesday.
Tune in to
the Sunday Night Astronomy Show at 8 pm on the YouTube channel and Facebook
page of Astronomy by the Bay.
Questions? Contact Curt Nason at nasonc@nbnet.nb.ca.This
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