November’s Astronomy Events
November‘s night sky houses some visits by the moon to our gas giants, and the chance to catch a meteor shower.
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01 – This view of Saturn with the moon looking over her shoulder is from 9pm on the first night of November. With the moon only a few days from full, anticipate a lot of glare.
09 – Now in its waning gibbous phase, the moon visits the largest of all the solar system giants: Jupiter. Look east at 11pm to see the two bright bodies neatly line up with Pollux, one of the Gemini twins.
17 – The Leonid meteor shower reaches its climax in the late evening tonight. Look in the general direction of Leo to glimpse some shooting stars.
29 – We end the month where we started, with the moon – less bright this time – looking over Saturn’s shoulder. The star chart below shows the scene at 9pm.
