#Make a november calendar of starfall full

Tethys’ transit on the 18th begins around 11:35 P.M. It’s best to record such events with a high-speed video camera designed for planetary observation. Tethys undergoes transits two nights apart, on Nov. Watch this collection over an hour to see their relative motions upset the nice, smooth arc. EST, these five moons curve around the western end of the rings. It lies south of Dione in the early evening. Magnitude 12 Enceladus is challenging in smaller scopes due to Saturn’s brilliance. Eleventh-magnitude Iapetus is at inferior conjunction and unusually close to the planet. They lie inside Titan’s orbit and are joined by fainter Enceladus and Iapetus, all on the western side of the rings, on Nov. Tethys, Dione, and Rhea are the next easily spotted moons at 10th magnitude. You’ll pick it up at magnitude 8.6, orbiting every 16 days. Of Saturn’s moons visible in a small backyard scope, Titan is brightest. Subtle belts and zones are visible under steady seeing conditions. Be on the watch for new features in Saturn’s normally hazy atmosphere.

The narrowing tilt of the rings over the past few years is revealing the planet’s southern hemisphere. The innermost C Ring is partly transparent. Brightest is Ring B, bounded by the dark Cassini Division and dimmer outer A Ring. They span almost 40″ at their widest the narrow axis is 6″. local daylight time on the 1st and just before 11 P.M.

The nearly First Quarter Moon stands within 10° of the planet on the 19th. Its motion away from Iota (ι) Aquarii is barely noticeable until late November. Saturn stops moving retrograde on the 4th and resumes an easterly trek across southern Aquarius. Saturn dims slightly to magnitude 0.8 in the third week of the month. observers at midlatitudes, it outshines Fomalhaut, a bright star slightly east of the planet and halfway between it and the horizon. Starting the month at magnitude 0.7 and standing 35° high for U.S. Saturn lies in the south as the sky darkens. As November ends, Mercury stands 5° high in the southwest 30 minutes after sunset. There’s gentle improvement as Mercury’s elongation from the Sun increases daily, reaching 20° east of our star on the 27th, when it sets an hour after the Sun. Both stand 3° above the horizon 20 minutes after sunset and set quickly - you have about 10 minutes to spot them. 14 (you’ll need a clear southwestern horizon). It’s a challenge due to its southerly declination, although lucky observers might spot it 5° to the right of a 38-hour-old crescent Moon Nov. Our planetary observing begins with the reappearance of Mercury in the evening sky.

Venus continues its brilliant predawn showing all month and can’t be missed, rising about four hours before the Sun. Uranus is at its best for the year and Neptune is also on display - more of a challenge, but with a helpful star nearby. Saturn is already visible after dark while Jupiter is rising in the eastern sky, beckoning for attention all night. Here, the mighty planet poses with its largest moons.

#Make a november calendar of starfall full

Jupiter and its Galilean moons are on full display as the gas giant reaches opposition this month.