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Mars 0.23° NNE from center of Beehive cluster (M44) (92° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. +0.4.
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Full Moon at 19:14 UT.
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Venus 3.5° NNE from Spica (17° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT. Mags. -3.9 and +1.0.
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 5h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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5
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Taurid (south) meteor shower peaks. Active between 25 Sept and 25 Nov. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke.
• The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
• The Southern Taurids (IMO)
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 8h UT. The planet passes into the evening sky.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7h UT (368,903 km; 32.9').
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Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) (99° from Sun, morning sky) at 23h UT.
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9
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 14h UT. Mag. +0.3.
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9
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Last Quarter Moon at 15:56 UT.
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10
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 13h UT.
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12
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Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball.
• The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
• The Northern Taurids (IMO)
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12
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +1.1.
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14
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 12h UT.
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New Moon at 19:13 UT. Start of lunation 1075.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 9h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Expect about 25 to 30 meteors per hour under dark skies. Predictions of enhanced activity between 21-22h UT on 17 Nov (favours sky watchers in Asia).
• The Leonids (Gary Kronk)
• The Leonids (IMO)
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Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower peaks at 15:25 UT. A usually minor shower active 15-25 Nov. Radiant is near Procyon. Predictions of enhanced activity this year. Timing favours Far East Asia, Australia and across the Pacific to Alaska.
• The Alpha Monocerotids (IMO)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 20h UT (distance 404,733 km; angular size 29.7').
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. -2.3.
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First Quarter Moon at 21:38 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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