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Night sky events for the week of November 2, 2009
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Hello Sky Watchers!
Daylight-savings time ended at 2:00 a.m. for most of the U.S. and Canada early Sunday morning, so it will now really start to feel like fall. With the clocks set back one hour, though, stars will become visible earlier and there is more night time for sky viewing!
The Full Moon happens on Monday the 2nd, at 2:15 p.m., of course, even if it happens during the day it will still appear full as the night falls. On Tuesday the 3rd, if you are in the mid-to-southern US, watch as the just passed Full Moon crosses by the southeastern edge of the Pleiades star cluster between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. EST.
With the clocks turned back an hour, we can now get a better preview of Orion, the Hunter earlier at night. Look to the low east between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. to see the Hunter rising. Above it you wil spot Aldebaran, the bright orange star, then above Aldebaran you will see the Pleiades. On Friday the 6th, the waning Moon will be shining to Orion's left.
Venus is sinking lower into the east at dawn, it can be seen between 30 and 60 minutes before sunrise. Mars is now rising in the east at aound 11:00 p.m. standard time. It will be high in the southeastern sky before dawn. Mars is headed for an unremarkable opposition late next January where it will be 14.1 arcseconds wide as opposed to the smaller 8 arcseconds it is now.
Jupiter is in the south at dusk, then moves to the southwest later in the evening and sets at around midnight in the west. Saturn is visible before and during dawn higher in the east-southeast sky.
Watch for any International Space Station passings in your area by checking on NASA's ISS sightings page.
Also, check out the new contest that NASA, Disney and Buzz Lightyear want kids to participate in as reported by Betty Malone, the Indianapolis Homeschooling Examiner. You can read more about it here.
Look on up and smile!
For all previous weeks' night sky events click here.
For more sky viewing information go to Sky & Telescope, Jack Horkheimer's website and Astronomy.com
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