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NOVEMBER 2017
Calendar of events
1 Venus passes 4° north of Spica,
15h U T
3 The Moon passes 4° south of
Uranus, 1h UT
Asteroid Nysa is at opposition,
6h UT
4 Full Moon occurs at 5h23m UT
6 The Moon is at perigee (361,438
kilometers from Earth), 0h10m UT
The Moon passes 0.8° north of
Aldebaran, 3h UT
10 Last Quarter Moon occurs at
20h36m UT
11 The Moon passes 0.4° north of
Regulus, 17h UT
12 Mercury passes 2° north of
Antares, 15h UT
13 Venus passes 0.3° north of
Jupiter, 6h UT
15 The Moon passes 3° north of
Mars, 1h UT
16 The Moon passes 0.4° south of
asteroid Vesta, 9h UT
The Moon passes 4° north of
Jupiter, 21h UT17 The Moon passes 4° north of
Venus, 6h UT
Leonid meteor shower peaks
18 New Moon occurs at 11h42m UT
20 The Moon passes 7° north of
Mercury, 9h UT
21 The Moon passes 3° north of
Saturn, 0h UT
The Moon is at apogee
(406,132 kilometers from Earth),
18h53m UT
22 Neptune is stationary, 21h UT
24 Mercury is at greatest eastern
elongation (22°), 0h UT
26 First Quarter Moon occurs at
17h 03m U T
27 The Moon passes 1.2° south of
Neptune, 5h UT
28 Mars passes 3° north of Spica,
0h UT
Mercury passes 3° south of
Saturn, 9h UT
30 The Moon passes 4° south of
Uranus, 10h UTSTAR COLORS:
Stars’ true colors
depend on surface
temperature. Hot
stars glow blue; slight-
ly cooler ones, white;
intermediate stars (like
the Sun), yellow; followed
by orange and, ulti mately, red.
Fainter stars can’t excite our eyes’
color receptors, and so appear white
without optical aid.Illustrations by Astronomy: Roen KellyHOW TO USE THIS MAP: This map portrays
the sky as seen near 30° south latitude.
Located inside the border are the four
directions: north, south, east, and
west. To find stars, hold the map
overhead and orient it so a
direction label matches the
direction you’re facing.
The stars above the
map’s horizon now
match what’s
in the sky.BEGINNERS: WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT HOW TO READ A STAR CHART AT http://www.Astronomy.com/starchart.