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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for OCTOBER 2016 ====== | + | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for NOVEMBER 2016 ====== |
| - | * October 8 -- First Quarter\\ | + | * November 8 -- First Quarter |
| - | * October 16 -- Full Moon | + | * November 14 -- Full Moon |
| - | * October 22 -- Last Quarter | + | * November 21 -- Last Quarter |
| - | * October 22 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! | + | * November 17 -- General Meeting, Mater Dei Catholic School, 7 pm. Join us! |
| - | * October 27 -- General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! | + | * November 19 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! |
| + | * November 29 -- New Moon | ||
| - | ===== PLANETS in October 2016 ===== | + | ===== PLANETS in November 2016 ===== |
| Evening Sky: | Evening Sky: | ||
| + | * **Mercury** -- in southwest | ||
| * **Venus** -- in southwest | * **Venus** -- in southwest | ||
| * **Mars** -- in south | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
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| Midnight: | Midnight: | ||
| - | * **Uranus** -- in south | + | * **Uranus** -- in southwest |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southwest | + | * **Neptune** -- in west |
| Morning Sky: | Morning Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in east | + | * **Jupiter** -- in southeast |
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in west | + | |
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during October 2016 ===== | + | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during November 2016 ===== |
| North to South, at 8-10 pm: | 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 | * **Cepheus**, the King of Ethiopia | ||
| + | * **Cassiopeia**, the wife of King Cepheus | ||
| * **Draco**, the Dragon | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| * **Lacerta**, the Lizard | * **Lacerta**, the Lizard | ||
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| * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse | * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse | ||
| * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | ||
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Bearer | ||
| * **Aquarius**, the Water Bearer | * **Aquarius**, the Water Bearer | ||
| * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat | * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat | ||
| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in October 2016 ===== | + | ===== SKY EXTRAS in November 2016 ===== |
| - | * Still LOTS of evening planets in October! Check out the planet list above. Uranus reaches its 2016 peak on the 15th, easily visible in binoculars, even visible naked-eye with deep dark adaptation, from extremely dark skies. | + | * 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. |
| - | * If you're up in the morning twilight October 11, look for Mercury and Jupiter within a degree of each other, just above the eastern horizon. | + | * 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. |
| - | * Best evening comet should be C/2016 A8 (LINEAR), fairly high in the southern sky, but you'll need a 8" scope...and patience. | + | * The Leonids meteor shower peaks November 17, but a nearly full moon once again washes out the show. |
| - | * The moon occults Aldebaran the night of October 18-19, from about 12:30 am to about 1:08 am, in our area. | + | * 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. |
| - | * The Orionids (meteor shower), peak the night of October 21, unfortunately close to the full moon this year. | + | |
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