Volume 30 Issue 11
November 2024
November 2024
Month at a Glance:
This month there will be several opportunities for planet viewing with Mercury and Venus over the western horizon at sunset. And the two largest ringed planets, Jupiter and Saturn are also visible above the southern horizon after sunset.
This month is also the month for the annual Leonid Meteor shower. The early mornings of the 17th and 18th will be the best times to see any meteors during the peak times form the Leonids. However the Moon will high in the sky and at gibbous Phase so the skies will not be as dark as a mmoonless night but there still may be a chance to see a few meteors.
Hope you all had a chance to see C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).
Click here for the month at a glance calendar.
What is this? "It's a prediction of when Lees Summit, MO, will have good weather for astronomical observing." Click on the graphic to go to the Clear Sky web site.
This month there will be several opportunities for planet viewing with Mercury and Venus over the western horizon at sunset. And the two largest ringed planets, Jupiter and Saturn are also visible above the southern horizon after sunset.
This month is also the month for the annual Leonid Meteor shower. The early mornings of the 17th and 18th will be the best times to see any meteors during the peak times form the Leonids. However the Moon will high in the sky and at gibbous Phase so the skies will not be as dark as a mmoonless night but there still may be a chance to see a few meteors.
Hope you all had a chance to see C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).
Click here for the month at a glance calendar.
What is this? "It's a prediction of when Lees Summit, MO, will have good weather for astronomical observing." Click on the graphic to go to the Clear Sky web site.
Mercury will be visible, but low over the western horizon, at sunset for the first hakf of the month as it moves into eastern elongation on the 16th.
Venus is very visible over the western horizon at sunset local time throughout the month. It's visibility as an evening planet is better for observers south of the equator.
Mars is a few degrees from the star Pollux, one of the Gemini Twins. It's apparent magnitude increases as the distance between our planet and Mars steadily decreases.
Dwarf Planet Ceres is near the handle of the teapot-shaped asterism for Sagittarius the Archer, however with an 8th magnitude it will require optical assistance to see.
Jupiter rises around sunset local time and is still in retrograde notion across the stars of Taurus the Bull.
Saturn is visible over the southern horizon after sunset as it moves in retrograde motion across the stars of Aquarius the Water Bearer.
Uranus reaches opposition on the 16th and as a result will rise at sunset and set at sunrise. Uranus is a few degrees from the Pleiades open star cluster. Uranus has an apparent magnitude that dips below 6th magnitude meaning it may be visible to the unaided eye - in dark enough skies of course.
