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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for JULY 2016 ====== | + | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for NOVEMBER 2016 ====== |
| - | * July 4 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | + | * November 8 -- First Quarter |
| - | * July 9 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 9 pm to ? --> Join us! | + | * November 14 -- Full Moon |
| - | * July 11 -- First Quarter\\ | + | * November 21 -- Last Quarter |
| - | * July 19 -- Full Moon | + | * November 17 -- General Meeting, Mater Dei Catholic School, 7 pm. Join us! |
| - | * July 26 -- Last Quarter | + | * November 19 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! |
| - | * July 28 -- General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! | + | * November 29 -- New Moon |
| - | ===== PLANETS in July 2016 ===== | + | ===== PLANETS in November 2016 ===== |
| Evening Sky: | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in west (twilight) | + | * **Mercury** -- in southwest |
| - | * **Venus** -- in west (twilight) | + | * **Venus** -- in southwest |
| * **Mars** -- in south | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in west | ||
| - | * **Saturn** -- in south | ||
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| - | Midnight: | ||
| - | * **Mars** -- in southwest | ||
| * **Saturn** -- in southwest | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Uranus** -- in east | ||
| * **Neptune** -- in southeast | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | ||
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| + | Midnight: | ||
| + | * **Uranus** -- in southwest | ||
| + | * **Neptune** -- in west | ||
| Morning Sky: | Morning Sky: | ||
| - | * **Uranus** -- in southeast | + | * **Jupiter** -- in southeast |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in south | + | |
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during July 2016 ===== | + | |
| - | 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 | ||
| + | * **Cepheus**, the King of Ethiopia | ||
| + | * **Cassiopeia**, the wife of King Cepheus | ||
| * **Draco**, the Dragon | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| - | * **Ursa Major**, the Big Bear, also the Big Dipper | + | * **Lacerta**, the Lizard |
| - | * **Hercules**, the Strong Man | + | * **Cygnus**, the Swan |
| - | * **Corona Borealis**, the northern crown, Crown of Ariadne | + | * **Sagitta**, the Arrow |
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Bearer | + | * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse |
| - | * **Boötes**, the Hunter | + | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin |
| - | * **Libra**, the Scales | + | * **Aquarius**, the Water Bearer |
| - | * **Scorpio**, the Scorpion (see Mars and Saturn there) | + | * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat |
| - | * **Lepus**, the Hare | + | |
| + | ===== 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 2016 ===== | ||
| - | * **Mercury** is now back in the evening sky, low in the west, best late in the month of July, between low Venus and higher Jupiter | ||
| - | * No, unfortunately Kansas will not quite be able to see the New Moon occult bright star Aldebaran--we're just a few hundred miles too far north. Still, it should be an interesting apparent conjunction ~ 5 am Friday July 29. | ||
| - | * **Challenge object** of the month: ex-planet Pluto is at its best in July. At magnitude ~ 14 you're going to need at least an 8" scope, a good eyepiece, and a bit of patience. At least it's warm, so try it now--100 years from now you'll be stuck with finding it in winter. | ||
| - | * Best **comet** of the month: still PANSTARRS C/2013 X1, should be easily visible in binoculars, very low in the southern sky during evening twilight, all month long. | ||
| - | * No great meteor showers this month, but there are the delta Aquariids starting July 12-August 23 (New Moon August 2), low in the south. And get ready for the impressive Perseids peaking the night of August 11-12. | ||
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