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.Events Seen All Month Long .Ephemerides Proper

(data from the former yearly ephemerides generator at Fred Espenak's NASA's eclipse website; miscellaneous data with the 'Astronomical Phenomena for The Year 2017,' a joint work by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and the U.S. Naval Observatory; to be found at the latter's site; all time UT except otherwise stated)

Wwd Venus, which remarkably returned like a morning star from a inferior conjunction last month, is finely moving about Spica, the bright star to constellation Virgo, the Virgin. The Moon will come to add as the show will provide for fine visual or photographic opportunities

Venus is swiftly back like a morning star, and moving about Spica, the bright star to constellation Virgo, the Virgin! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium

Wwd Where availabe like a evening star, Mercury, albeit low -- the show is somewhat higher in the southern hemisphere -- is seen moving close to Antares in twilight. The Moon will come to add as some visual or photographic opportunities exist

11 Wwd Crescent Moon by all latitudes, is close to Saturn in twilight! Fine!

Moon close to Saturn in twilight! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium

12 (1) Wwd There is a occultation of Pluto, that faraway world, today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)

12 (2) Wwd Moon reaches a southernmost declination at 02:21 UT

13 Wwd Moon is at a descending node at 14:04 UT

14 (1) Wwd The Leonids shooting stars are usually active Nov. 14-21 with their peak usually on Nov. 17-19 more at the date of the peak. Leonids are famed as they have an ability to storm, with an hourly rate of over 1,000!

14 (2) Wwd Moon is at its apogee at 15:57 UT (distances non available)

15 UsA EuA First Quarter at all latitudes, is close to Mars tonight! Fine!

Moon close to Mars tonight! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium

16 (1) AsP First quartered Moon at all latitudes, is close to Mars tonight! Fine!

16 (2) Wwd There is a occultation of Mars, the Red Planet today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)

17 Wwd The Leonids shooting stars usually are peaking on Nov. 17-19 more back

23 Wwd Full Moon by all latitudes, is close to Aldebaran tonight, the bright star to Taurus, the Bull!

Moon close to Aldebaran tonight! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium

26 Wwd Moon is at its perigee at 12:10 UT (distances non available) as Moon also reaches a northernmost declination at 01:48 UT

27 Wwd Moon is at a ascending node at 05:18 UT

Occultations observers are advised to turn to such dedicated sites like the I.O.T.A as they may also check below at our Occultation section

Moon Home Page

New Moon is on November 7th, at 16:02 UT
First Quarter is on November 15th, at 14:54 UT
Full Moon is on November 23rd, at 05:39 UT
Last Quarter is on November 30th, at 00:19 UT

(source: ephemeris generator at Fred Espenak's NASA's eclipse website)

Planets Home Page

Mercury is reaching two remarkable positions in November with a greatest eastern elongation on Nov. 6 at 14:59 and a inferior conjunction on Nov.27 at 09:10. Until about mid-November, Mercury is a low evening star at the Tropics or the southern hemisphere -- somewhat higher there -- only as it will plunge to the horizon after that

Mercury at the Tropics, and the southern hemisphere, is a evening star. picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium

Venus after a inferior conjunction last month, has remarkably swiftly come back like a morning star worldwide

Mars is now low southwest in the northern hemisphere, by 10:30 p.m. local time, still high reaching to West at the Tropics, or about the same in the southern hemisphere. A Mars Observation Campaign is unfolding 2018-2019 as it constitutes a remarkable, perihelic opposition, with Mars nearest to Earth at the same time it is nearest to the Sun on its orbit! Mars will reach a 24.2" of apparent diameter at its best as the observation campaign will span from when the Red Planet is reaching, then leaving 6" of apparent diameter! Don't miss those occasions of observing Mars! check more at our Mars Observation Campaign 2018-2019 page

Jupiter is reaching a conjunction on November 26th by 06:25 and is observable nowhere worldwide. check more about such a configuration of a planet in our tutorial 'Planets Apparent Motion'

Saturn is a evening star, about southwest, worldwide. A ring maximum aperture had been reached in 2017

Saturn and Mars are seen by the evening twilight! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium

Uranus Faraway World Still At its Best!, after its opposition last month, keeps at its best. Neptune by 10:30 p.m. local time is due South, high, in the northern hemisphere. The faraway world is about the zenith, North, at the Tropics, and past northeast, high, in the southern hemisphere

Uranus, that faraway world, keeping at its best! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Celestia

Neptune is still high, southwest, in the northern hemisphere by 10:30 p.m. local time, high West at the Tropics or much high northwest in the southern hemisphere

Pluto is barely seen in the southern hemisphere only. Pluto in 2018 is reaching a rare 'special' opposition as the latter will occur because the planet will reach its orbit's line of node. (according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 2006, Pluto is not considered a planet anymore, but categorized like a dwarf planet instead along with Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea, and the prototype of a new category of 'trans-Neptunian', 'Pluto-class' objects)

Minor Planets, NEOs Home Page

.Minor Planets .Nearest NEOs

Minor Planets

Minor planets are those biggest asteroids in the Asteroid Belt which may be easily observed by amateurs from the Earth, namely Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta (due to the new categorization by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) by 2006, Ceres belongs to the 5 dwarf planets in the solar system with Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea). check data and charts at our section Minor Planets on the yearly Calendar page as our tutorial 'Asteroids and Asteroid Hunting' is of help too. Any remarkable event linked to a minor planet may have a notice here below

Juno is reaching its opposition by November 17th, at the 7.5th magnitude. more about Juno in 2018 at our "Minor Planets in 2018"

Nearest NEOs

Some small asteroids dubbed Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are regularly making close approaches at Earth. People interested in such close approaches may obtain recent and upcoming data at NASA site Near-Earth Object Program (their section "Close Approaches"). Date, miss distance in AU or Lunar Distance (LD), estimated diameter, and relative velocity are available. For further observational purposes, check at the Near-Earth Object Program ephemeris Generator. For more about NEOs see tutorial "About NEOs"

Comets Home Page

Once every time, the solar system treats us with a remarkable comet, a eery view spanning up to thirty degrees of sky! Most of the time however comets are the domain of dedicated observers as mostly weak and, at the most, hovering at the limit of the naked-eye visibility. A good site to get information about current such comets is the British Astronomical Association Comet Section page or also the Weekly Information about Bright Comets page (which often points to comets close to the visual magnitude). Our 'Comets and Comet Hunting' tutorial will also be helpful. Remarkable comets otherwise usually will be presented below!

Shooting Stars Home Page

->note: shooting stars afficionados will be aware of checking Moon at the dates of the showers

• the Orionids are usually active Oct. 2-Nov. 7 with their peak usually on Oct. 21-22. Their radiant is at R.A. 095° and dec. +16°. They have a hourly rate of 20-23
• the Leonids back are usually active Nov. 14-21 with their peak usually on Nov. 17-19. Their radiant is at R.A. 153° and dec. +22°. They are famed as they have an ability to storm, with an hourly rate of over 1,000!
• Shooting stars afficionados may turn to such dedicated sites like IMO, The International Meteor Organization for more about the above and about possible minor showers this month

for more about the meteor showers of this month, for possible other meteor showers for this month, and for more about shooting stars, generally, see our tutorial "Shooting Stars"

Occultations Home Page

Each month, Moon occults some relatively bright stars, that is the Moon, beginning either with its bright or its dark visible face, is passing in front of a star. This is called an occultation. The Pleiades, on the other hand, due to their position near the eclipic, are often occulted by Moon too. Some planets, at last, along the year, may be occulted by Moon or they themselves, or their satellites, may be seen too occulting a star. The asteroids too may occult stars. Yearly lists of such phenomenons are to be found at Sky & Telescope/SkyTonight.com, either in their newsstand issues or at their site, as a list of occultations of most brilliant stars, the planets and the Pleiades are available at the I.O.T.A site (I.O.T.A. stands for "The International Occultation Timing Association"). Most notable occultations are signaled below

Pluto back is occulted by Moon on Nov. 12th, 2018 by 18:00 UT! The show is available for N.E. North America, S. Greenland, Iceland, Azores, and most of western Europe. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)

Mars back is occulted by Moon on Nov. 16th, 2018 by 04:00 UT! The show is available for most of Antartica, Falkland Islands, and S. South America . check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)

check on this site for more about occultations, theoretically

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