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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for SEPTEMBER 2015 ====== | + | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for NOVEMBER 2016 ====== |
| - | * September 5 -- Last Quarter (moon absent from evening sky)\\ | + | * November 8 -- First Quarter |
| - | * September 12 -- OPEN HOUSE at Farpoint Observatory, JOIN US beginning 8:30 pm\\ | + | * November 14 -- Full Moon |
| - | * September 13 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | + | * November 21 -- Last Quarter |
| - | * September 21 -- First Quarter\\ | + | * November 17 -- General Meeting, Mater Dei Catholic School, 7 pm. Join us! |
| - | * September 19 -- NEKAAL PICNIC, Farpoint Observatory, 6:00 pm\\ | + | * November 19 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! |
| - | * September 27 -- Full Moon & **TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE** (see SKY EXTRAS, below) | + | * November 29 -- New Moon |
| - | ===== PLANETS in September 2015 ===== | + | ===== PLANETS in November 2016 ===== |
| Evening Sky: | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in west, low, only early in the month | + | * **Mercury** -- in southwest |
| + | * **Venus** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
| * **Saturn** -- in southwest | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Uranus** -- in east | ||
| * **Neptune** -- in southeast | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | ||
| Midnight: | Midnight: | ||
| - | * **Uranus** -- in southeast | ||
| - | * **Neptune** -- in south | ||
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| - | Morning Sky: | ||
| - | * **Venus** -- in east | ||
| - | * **Mars** -- in east | ||
| * **Uranus** -- in southwest | * **Uranus** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Neptune** -- in west | ||
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| + | Morning Sky: | ||
| + | * **Jupiter** -- in southeast | ||
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during September 2015 ===== | + | |
| - | North to South, at 9-11 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 | ||
| - | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| * **Cepheus**, the King of Ethiopia | * **Cepheus**, the King of Ethiopia | ||
| - | * **Lyra**, the Lyre | + | * **Cassiopeia**, the wife of King Cepheus |
| + | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| + | * **Lacerta**, the Lizard | ||
| * **Cygnus**, the Swan | * **Cygnus**, the Swan | ||
| + | * **Sagitta**, the Arrow | ||
| + | * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse | ||
| * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | ||
| - | * **Aquila**, the Eagle | + | * **Aquarius**, the Water Bearer |
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Handler | + | * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat |
| - | * **Capricorn**, the Sea-Goat | + | |
| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in September 2015 ===== | + | ===== SKY EXTRAS in November 2016 ===== |
| - | * This month's big news it the TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE just after sunset, Sunday, September 27. The Kansas times are: | + | * 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. |
| - | * lunar eclipse begins 7:12 pm | + | * 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. |
| - | * sunset, 7:16 pm | + | * The Leonids meteor shower peaks November 17, but a nearly full moon once again washes out the show. |
| - | * Totality: 9:11 pm to 10:23 pm | + | * 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. |
| - | * eclipse ends 12:22 am. | + | |
| - | * Saturn season is coming to a close. You can still see Saturn low in the evening twilight, but only early in the month. | ||
| - | * The Summer Triangle continues nearly straight overhead (near the zenith) in the evenings. | ||
| - | * No comets visible in binoculars from Kansas this month. Best telescope bet this month is comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2), high in the sky, Bootes, just after dusk. You'll need a 6-8" telescope. There's also the new, slightly fainter comet Jacques (C/2015 F4), high in Lyra. If you want to try for comet 67P, the very one now visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, you'll need to look high in the eastern sky, in Gemini, and you'll need a very large telescope--this comet is fading so this is your last chance for a while. | ||
| - | * No significant meteor showers this month. (Orionids in October) | ||
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