Some highlights for the night sky in November 2005
Tuesday 1 November 2005
- New Moon is at 8:25 PM EST
- Look for Venus in telescope, it is "half full" phase
Thursday 3 November 2005
- Venus and Mercury at greatest elongation
- Mercury is near crescent Moon, Antares is between Mercury and Venus
Sunday 6 November 2005
- Venus is farthest south in sky until 2125
- Look for Moon to the "left" of Venus in sky after sunset
Thursday 10 November 2005
- Venus, Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, waxing gibbous Moon and Mars spans the ecliptic after sunset
- Before the Sun rises this morning, look for Jupiter in ESE not far from Spica
Friday 11 November 2005
- Veteran's Day
- Mars, Saturn and Jupiter span 170 degrees
- Just before sunrise look for Mars near horizon with Pleiades and Hyades in clear view
Tuesday 15 November 2005
- Full Moon
- Look for full Moon between Pleiades and Mars after sunset
Thursday 17 November 2005
- Look for Moon near Aldeberan and Hyades
- Before sunrise, look for Mars near western horizon
Monday 21 November 2005
- Late evening (~10PM) look for waning gibbous Moon near Saturn low on horizon
- Before sunrise look for waning gibbous Moon between Pollux and Saturn
Thursday 24 November 2005
- Thanksgiving Day (USA)
- Mercury at inferior conjunction
- Before sunrise Moon high is SSE near Regulus of Leo
Monday 28 November 2005
- Before sunrise look for Jupiter near waning crescent Moon
- Waning crescent Moon between Jupiter and Spica of Virgo
Wednesday 30 November 2005
- Look early in AM for Mercury rising and waning crescent Moon beneath Jupiter
- [You need a very good (low) horizon for the above.]
Good skywatching resources
John Avellone's provided web sites