The Night Sky for November 2011
Interesting things that Bellatrix Orionis is hoping to observe in the night sky this month.
Visual guide from Hubble
Planets
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Mercury – can be found in the constellations Ophiuchus and Scorpio. The planet can be found just after sunset in the south-west of the sky for the first two weeks of November and will be at magnitude -0.2 |
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Venus – Can be found in the constellation of Sagittarius and is best placed to view on Wednesday 30 November after sunset. It is at magnitude -3.8 all month. |
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Mars – Can be found in the constellation of Leo. It is best placed to view on Wednesday 30 November at 0530UT. It is at magnitude +1.1 all month. |
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Jupiter – Can be found in the constellation of Aries and is at magnitude -2.7. It’s best placed to view on Tuesday 1 November at 0100UT. See if you can see the Great Red Spot as you observe the planet. |
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Saturn – Can be found in the constellation of Virgo and is best placed to view on Wednesday 30 November at 0600UT. |
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Uranus – Is best placed to view on Tuesday 1 November at 2130UT and can be found in the constellation of Pisces. It is at magnitude +5.8 . |
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Neptune – Is best placed to view on Tuesday 1 November at 1930UT and can be found in the constellation of Aquarius. It will be at magnitude +7.9 all month. |
Dwarf Planets
Pluto – Is difficult to find as it appears during the early evening twilight.
Ceres – Is a morning object (magnitude +8.0 ) in the constellation of Aquarius.
Eris – Can be found in the Constellation of Cetus and is only visible with a CCD camera (magnitude +18.7).
Makemake – Is an evening object (magnitude +16.9 all month) and can be found in the constellation of Coma Berenices, but will require a CCD camera for observation.
Haumea – Is is the constellation of Bootes and also requires a CCD camera to enable observation (magnitude +17.4).
Meteor Showers
Southern Taurids – This shower peaks on Saturday 5 November. Its predicted maximum is of 10 meteors per hour.
Northern Taurids – The peak of the shower is expected on Saturday 12 November again with a maximum of 10 meteors per hour.
Leonids – The peak of the shower is expected during the evening of Thursday 17 and the morning of Friday 18 November. A maximum of 20 meteors per hour is expected.
Tuesday 2 November
First quarter Moon.
Saturday 5 November
Southern Taurids meteor shower peaks.
Thursday 10 November
Full Moon.
Saturday 12 November
The Northern Taurids meteor shower peaks.
Friday 18 November
Last quarter Moon.
Friday 25 November
New Moon.
