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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for OCTOBER 2015 ====== | + | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for NOVEMBER 2016 ====== |
| - | * October 4 -- Last Quarter (moon absent from evening sky)\\ | + | * November 8 -- First Quarter |
| - | * October 10 -- OPEN HOUSE at Farpoint Observatory, JOIN US beginning 7:30 pm\\ | + | * November 14 -- Full Moon |
| - | * October 12 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | + | * November 21 -- Last Quarter |
| - | * October 20 -- First Quarter\\ | + | * November 17 -- General Meeting, Mater Dei Catholic School, 7 pm. Join us! |
| - | * October 12 -- NEKAAL General Meeting, Topeka Library, JOIN US at 7:00 pm\\ | + | * November 19 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! |
| - | * October 27 -- Full Moon | + | * November 29 -- New Moon |
| - | ===== PLANETS in October 2015 ===== | + | ===== PLANETS in November 2016 ===== |
| Evening Sky: | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Saturn** -- in southwest until ~ Oct 15. | + | * **Mercury** -- in southwest |
| + | * **Venus** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
| + | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | ||
| * **Uranus** -- in east | * **Uranus** -- in east | ||
| * **Neptune** -- in southeast | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | ||
| Midnight: | Midnight: | ||
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southwest | + | * **Uranus** -- in southwest |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in south | + | * **Neptune** -- in west |
| Morning Sky: | Morning Sky: | ||
| - | * **Uranus** -- in west | + | * **Jupiter** -- in southeast |
| - | * **Mercury** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Venus** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Mars** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in east | + | |
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during October 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 | ||
| - | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | ||
| * **Sagitta**, the Arrow | * **Sagitta**, the Arrow | ||
| - | * **Aquila**, the Eagle | + | * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse |
| - | * **Capricorn**, the Sea-Goat | + | * **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 October 2015 ===== | ||
| - | * The Summer Triangle continues nearly straight overhead (near the zenith) in the evenings. | ||
| - | * No bright planets in the second half of this month's evenings. But you can't miss extremely brilliant **Venus** in the morning twilight! | ||
| - | * No comets visible in binoculars from Kansas this month. Best telescope bet this month is comet **PANSTARRS (C/2014 S2)**, visible in Cepheus at magnitude 11-12 and brightening slowly. Should be in Ursa Minor (little dipper) by Halloween. You'll probably need a 6" telescope or larger. You might also still find comet **Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)** moving from Corona Borealis into Hercules, high in the sky after evening twilight. | ||
| - | * The **Orionids meteor shower** peaks on the night of October 21. The moon sets about midnight, which is ideal as the Orion constellation and the meteor shower's radiant will be high enough in the sky after about 2 am, and the maximum rate will be 4-6 am. Look in the southeastern sky. | ||
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