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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for JULY 2015 ====== | + | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for NOVEMBER 2016 ====== |
| - | * July 1 -- Full Moon (the "Thunder Moon" or "Hay Moon")\\ | + | * November 8 -- First Quarter |
| - | * July 8 -- Last Quarter (moon absent from evening sky)\\ | + | * November 14 -- Full Moon |
| - | * July 11 -- OPEN HOUSE at Farpoint Observatory, JOIN US beginning 9:00 pm\\ | + | * November 21 -- Last Quarter |
| - | * July 15 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | + | * November 17 -- General Meeting, Mater Dei Catholic School, 7 pm. Join us! |
| - | * July 18 -- possible OPEN HOUSE at Farpoint Observatory, 9:00 pm - (check later)\\ | + | * November 19 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! |
| - | * July 23 -- First Quarter\\ | + | * November 29 -- New Moon |
| - | * July 23 -- NEKAAL GENERAL MEETING, Topeka Library, 7:00 pm\\ | + | |
| - | * July 31 -- Full Moon (a "Blue Moon", 2nd full moon in same month) | + | |
| - | ===== PLANETS in July 2015 ===== | + | ===== PLANETS in November 2016 ===== |
| Evening Sky: | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Venus** -- in west, very bright | + | * **Mercury** -- in southwest |
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in west, very bright | + | * **Venus** -- in southwest |
| - | * **Saturn** -- in south | + | * **Mars** -- in south |
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| - | Midnight: | + | |
| * **Saturn** -- in southwest | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Uranus** -- in east | ||
| * **Neptune** -- in southeast | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | ||
| + | Midnight: | ||
| + | * **Uranus** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Neptune** -- in west | ||
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| Morning Sky: | Morning Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in northeast | + | * **Jupiter** -- in southeast |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in southeast | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in south | + | |
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during July 2015 ===== | + | |
| - | North to South, at 10-11 pm: | + | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during November 2016 ===== |
| + | North to South, at 8-10 pm: | ||
| * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | ||
| + | * **Cepheus**, the King of Ethiopia | ||
| + | * **Cassiopeia**, the wife of King Cepheus | ||
| * **Draco**, the Dragon | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| - | * **Hercules** | + | * **Lacerta**, the Lizard |
| - | * **Lyra**, the Lyre | + | * **Cygnus**, the Swan |
| - | * **Corona Borealis**, the Northern Crown | + | * **Sagitta**, the Arrow |
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Handler | + | * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse |
| - | * **Scorpio**, the Scorpion | + | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin |
| + | * **Aquarius**, the Water Bearer | ||
| + | * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat | ||
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| + | ===== SKY EXTRAS in November 2016 ===== | ||
| + | * Still LOTS of evening planets in November! Check out the planet list above. Uranus is easily visible in binoculars, even visible naked-eye with deep dark-vision adaptation, from very dark skies. Jupiter's back with us, but you'll have to see it in the morning now, low in the eastern twilight. | ||
| + | * Best evening comet should still be C/2016 A8 (LINEAR), fairly high in the southern sky and large but fading slowly, so you'll need a scope of at least 8" aperture, an eyepiece giving low magnification...and patience. | ||
| + | * The Leonids meteor shower peaks November 17, but a nearly full moon once again washes out the show. | ||
| + | * And speaking of bright moons--the November 14 full moon is only 2.5 hours after the closest perigee (approach to earth), so this will be the largest full moon of 2016. | ||
| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in July 2015 ===== | ||
| - | * Jupiter and Venus still make a brilliant, close pair in early July. | ||
| - | * And it's Saturn season. The next few months give the best evening views of the ringed planet, so get a look through binoculars or better still, a telescope (hint: if the sky is clear at our Open House, someone will have his telescope pointed at Saturn--you're guaranteed to get a good look). | ||
| - | * Venus will show a nice phase--half-lit, half-dark--through any small telescope this month. Look for it early July low in the western sky. | ||
| - | * The Summer Triangle of stars is back, too. In July evenings, look high in the eastern sky. | ||
| - | * Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) has faded too much to be visible in binoculars. It's moving from Ursa Major into Draco this month, still fading. Catch it in the early evenings if you can. | ||
| - | * Though you won't be able to see it, don't forget about New Horizon's encounter with Pluto July 14. | ||
| - | * No bright meteor showers to speak of this month. August will be better. | ||
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