Sky News - CA (2019-11 & 2019-12)

NOV. 1 Waxing crescent Moon

5° west of Saturn in evening sky

NOV. 3Standard time begins

(set clocks back 1 hour)

NOV. 4 First-quarter Moon

NOV. 11NRare transit of Mercury

across the Sun in morning sky

(see page 23)

NOV. 12 Full Moon, 8:34 a.m., EST

NOV. 13Waning gibbous Moon

2° north of Aldebaran, in Taurus

NOV. 18Leonid meteor shower

peaks in morning sky

NOV. 19 Last-quarter Moon

NOV. 23/24NVenus 1½° from

Jupiter low in southwest at dusk

(see page 25)

NOV. 24Waning crescent Moon

3½° from Mars at dawn

NOV. 26 New Moon, 10:06 a.m.,

EST

NOV. 28NWaxing crescent Moon

1½° from Venus at dusk; Mercury at

greatest elongation (20°) west of the

Sun (see page 25, both events)

NOV. 29 Waxing crescent Moon

1½° from Saturn at dusk

DEC. 4 First-quarter Moon

DEC. 10NVenus 2° below Saturn

at dusk (see page 26)

DEC. 12 Full Moon, 12:12 a.m., EST

DEC. 13/14Geminid meteor shower

peaks under a bright Moon

DEC. 18 Last-quarter Moon

DEC. 21 Solstice, 11:19 p.m., EST

(winter officially begins in northern

hemisphere)

DEC. 26 New Moon, 12:13 a.m.,

EST

DEC. 27Jupiter in conjunction with

Sun

DEC. 28NWaxing crescent Moon

2½° below Venus at dusk (see

page 26)

NImpressive or relatively rare

astronomical event

Our chart shows the major stars, planets and constella-

tions visible from Canada and the northern United

States within one hour of these times:

EARLY NOVEMBER: 11:30 P.M.

LATE NOVEMBER: 10:30 P.M.

EARLY DECEMBER: 9:30 P.M.

LATE DECEMBER: 8:30 P.M.

USING THE

STAR CHART

The edge of the chart

represents the horizon;

the overhead point is at

centre. The faintest stars

depicted shine at mag-

nitude 5.0—a little

brighter than what

you can see under

ideal conditions.

On a moonless

night inthe coun-

try, you will see

more stars than

are shown here;

deep in the city,

you will see fewer.

(The planets,

when visible, are

plotted for the

mid dle of the date

range covered by

the chart.)

The chart is

most effective when

you use about one-

quarter of itat a time,

which roughly equals

a comfortable field of

view in a given direction.

Outdoors, match the hori-

zon compass direction on

the chart with the actual

direction you are facing. Don’t

be confused by the east and west

points on the chart lying opposite

their location on a map of Earth.

When the chart is heldup to match the

sky, with the direction you are facing at

the bottom, the chart directions match the

com pass points. For best results when reading

the chart outdoors, use a small flashlight heavily

dimmedwith red plastic or layers of brown paper.

Unfiltered lights greatly reduce night-vision sensitivity.

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CELESTIAL CALENDAR

For additional details or late-breaking information, visit our website (skynews.ca). Also consult the

Observer’s Handbook, published by The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (www.rasc.ca or 888-924-7272).

STAR CHART FOR LATE AUTUMN

20 SKYNEWS•NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019

PLANETS AT A GLANCE

DATE MAGNITUDE DIAMETER (") CONSTELLATION VISIBILITY

MERCURY Nov. 1 0.5 8.6 Libra —

Dec. 1 –0.6 6.3 Libra Dawn

VENUS Nov. 1 –3.8 10.7 Scorpius Dusk

Dec. 1 –3.9 11.6 Sagittarius Dusk

MARS Nov. 1 1.8 3.7 Virgo Dawn

Dec. 1 1.7 3.9 Libra Morning

JUPITER Nov. 1 –1.9 33.4 Ophiuchus Evening

Dec. 1 –1.8 32.1 Sagittarius Dusk

SATURN Nov. 1 0.6 16.0 Sagittarius Evening

Dec. 1 0.6 15.4 Sagittarius Evening

URANUS Nov. 1 5.7 3.7 Aries Evening

Dec. 1 5.7 3.7 Aries Evening

NEPTUNE Nov. 1 7.8 2.3 Aquarius Evening

Dec. 1 7.9 2.2 Aquarius Evening