Actual Astronomy - Observer's Calendar For November

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Episode 507.

1st - Carbon Star V Air best tonight
2nd - Saturn Neptune and Moon congregate in evening sky
4th - Two Shadows on Jupiter

IO and Euorpa after 10pm here for us so that's midnight EST.

5th - Full Moon (closest moon of the year)

Asteroid Victoria at opposition. Asteroid "12 Victoria" is a large S-type (stony) asteroid in the main asteroid belt, discovered in 1850 by J.R. Hind. It orbits between Mars and Jupiter, recently, a meteor event occurred over Victoria, Australia, in August 2025, which created a sonic boom and was large enough for fragments to potentially have landed on the ground.

5th & 6th - Moon Near Pleiades

NGC's 253 & 288 well placed tonight

7th - Cleomedes Sunset Rays visible on Moon
9th - Carbon Star VX And Best tonight
10th - Jupiter 4-degrees S of Moon
11th - asteroid 471 Papagena at opposition

471 Papagena is an asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 7 June 1901

12th - N Taurid Meteors ZHR=5

The Northern Taurid meteor shower, active from roughly October 20 to December 10, peaks around November 12. It is known for producing bright, slow-moving fireballs that are easy to spot with the naked eye. The shower is caused by Earth passing through debris from Comet Encke

14th - Zodiacal Light becomes visible this month
17th - Leonid Meteors this morning

The Leonid meteor shower is an annual event that peaks around November 17th, when Earth passes through debris left by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. These fast, bright meteors appear to originate from the constellation Leo, which is how they got their name. Under normal conditions, you might see 10 to 15 meteors per hour, but every 33 year,....

19th - Carbon star WZ Can best tonight
20th - Gegenshein Visible

68 Leto M=9.9 at opposition. It is a large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 29, 1861, and is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology. It orbits at a distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.187. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 7.97° to the ecliptic.68 Leto is a large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 29, 1861, and is named after Leto the mother of Apollo and Artemis. It orbits at a distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years.
Two Moon shadows on Jupiter
Carbon star TX Psc best tonight

21st - Uranus at Opposition
23rd - Mercury and Venus Pair in morning sky
24th - Saturn Ring tilt -0.37
27th - Lunar X

Alphonsus Sunrise Ray visible on Moon

28th - Lunar Straight wall visible this evening
29th - Saturn, Neptune and Moon congregate in evening sky

2 bright comets R2 Lemmon and A6 Swan -

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