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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Look for the Moon in the west early evening Saturday 18th July - the bright "star" above it is Venus, the "evening star". To the right, completing the triangle, is Jupiter. We saw a similar triangle last month, but since then Venus has moved up past Jupiter, so two of the “corners” are swopped.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img width=300 height=245 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D0C01D.974DFE80"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And if you haven’t seen the first close-up Pluto photos yet . . . visit <a href="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.php">pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.php</a> or <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons">www.nasa.gov/newhorizons</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The photos are coming back very slowly (due to low bandwidth over nearly 5 billion km), the next few will be released Friday evening 7pm (SA Time), at a press conference you can watch on-line at NASA TV - <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv">www.nasa.gov/nasatv</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For Joburgers: the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa will be hosting their annual Scopex Astronomy Fair – a day of astronomy talks and demonstrations (including telescope-building), followed by an evening star party. Saturday 25<sup>th</sup> July, at the Military History Museum (behind the Zoo). <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.scopex.co.za/">http://www.scopex.co.za/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Claire Flanagan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Moonshadow Mix<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>PO Box 731688<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>FAIRLAND 2030<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="http://www.moonshadowmix.co.za">www.moonshadowmix.co.za</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="mailto:claireflan55@gmail.com">claireflan55@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>