Some highlights for the night sky in November 2004
Wednesday 3 November 2004
- Look for Venus near Jupiter before sunrise
- Mars is near Spica very low on horizon in early AM
Thursday 4 November 2004
- Look for Venus near Jupiter before sunrise, even closer together
- Mars and Spica near the ESE low on horizon an hour before sunrise
Friday 5 November 2004
- Venus and Jupiter closest at 0.7 degrees separation in the early AM
- Try to catch Mars and Spica in the AM in the ESE
Monday 8 November 2004
- Look for Mars, Spica, Venus, Jupiter and Crescent Moon early AM
- Saturn begins retrograde motion (located about 8 degrees from Pollux)
Thursday 11 November 2004
- Early in AM look for Crescent Moon low in ESE, then Mars, Venus and Jupiter
- Early in PM look for Uranus in Aquarius (even with just binocs)
Friday 12 November 2004
- Look for planets in the early morning
- Look for young Crescent Moon in early PM on 13th, near Mercury
Monday 15 November 2004
- Shortly after sunset look for Crescent Moon in "Teapot"
- See if you can find Mercury early after sunset (very low on horizon)
Wednesday 17 November 2004
- Look for any Leonids before sunrise
- Before sunrise look for Mars, Venus, Spica and Jupiter
Saturday 20 November 2004
- After sunset look for Mercury very low on horizon
- Look for "teapot" early PM in SW
Thursday 25 November 2004
- Look for Mars and Venus within 6 degrees of one another before sunrise
- Before sunrise Jupiter is 12 degrees from Spica
- After sunset look for near-full Moon near Pleiades
Saturday 27 November 2004
- Look for Venus approaching Mars in early AM
- Look for Jupiter above Spica
Monday 29 November 2004
- Look for Moon near Castor, Pollux and Saturn (~4 hours after sunset)
- Early AM still good for planets Mars, Venus and Jupiter
Tuesday 30 November 2004
- In the PM after sunset (~4 hours) Moon near horizon near Saturn and Pollux
- Early AM good for Mars, Venus and Jupiter
Good skywatching resources
John Avellone's provided web sites