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On November evenings, the Andromeda Galaxy is positioned very high in the eastern sky. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) The star Altair in Aquila the Eagle shining several fist diameters to Vega's left has a magnitude value of 0.75, making it the 13th brightest star. Deneb in Cygnus the Swan will be located above and between the other two, rounding out the trio of hot white stars that form the Summer Triangle asterism. At magnitude 1.25, Deneb is the 20th brightest star. For a short time after sunset on Tuesday, Nov. 14, just above the southwestern horizon, the very slender crescent of the young moon will shine several finger-widths to the left (or four degrees to the celestial southeast) of Mercury. That will make them close enough to share the view in binoculars (orange circle), but delay your search until the sun has completely set.
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On Monday, Nov. 13 Uranus will reach opposition — the night of the year when it is closest to Earth at a distance of 1.74 billion miles, 2.78 billion km, or 155 light-minutes. In a telescope, the planet will display a half-illuminated phase and an apparent disk diameter of 22 arc-seconds. With each passing day, Venus will slowly increase in illuminated phase, shrink in size, and diminish in brightness. Io's shadow will rotate into view at 5:41 p.m. EST (or 10:41 GMT). Then the Great Red Spot will appear by about 7 p.m. EST (or 00:00 GMT on Nov. 30) and begin to follow Io's shadow. Io's bright dot will break free of Jupiter at 7:11 p.m. EST (or 00:11 GMT). Io's shadow will complete its passage at 7:50 p.m. (or 00:50 GMT), leaving the spot to cross alone until about 10:40 p.m. EST (or 03:40 GMT). Neptune's westerly motion will be slowing as it readies to complete its retrograde loop next month. The planet will be easiest to see while it is highest in the sky during early evening. Much brighter Saturn will be shining about 24 degrees to Neptune's lower right (or celestial west). In a telescope, Neptune's tiny apparent disk will span 2.3 arc-seconds, but larger telescopes can also show Neptune's large moon Triton. The bright, waxing gibbous moon will hop past Neptune on Nov. 21-22. Visual Magnitude: This is the astronomer's scale for measuring the brightness of objects in the sky. The dimmest object visible in the night sky under perfectly dark conditions is about magnitude 6.5. Brighter stars are magnitude 2 or 1. The brightest objects get negative numbers. Venus can be as bright as magnitude minus 4.9. The full moon is minus 12.7 and the sun is minus 26.8.
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After the first week of November Mercury will become visible above the southwestern horizon after sunset. Its position several degrees south of the ecliptic will hold it very low in the sky for mid-northern latitude observers — making this a very poor apparition for them, but an excellent one for residents of the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere where the planet will be much higher after sunset. Algol normally shines at magnitude 2.1, similar to the nearby star Almach (aka Gamma Andromedae). But while fully dimmed, Algol's brightness of magnitude 3.4 is almost identical to Rho Persei (or Gorgonea Tertia or ρ Per), the star sitting just two finger widths to Algol's lower right (or 2.25 degrees to the celestial south). The star Algol in the constellation of Perseus represents the glowing eye of Medusa from Greek mythology. Also designated Beta Persei, it is among the most accessible variable stars for skywatchers. In the western sky on Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, the very bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Harp will be descending the western sky. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)
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In the eastern sky between 3 a.m. and sunrise, the horns of the pretty crescent moon will shine less than a lunar diameter to the left (or celestial northeast) of the brilliant planet Venus. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)The November Full Moon, traditionally known as the Beaver Moon or Frost Moon, always shines within or near the stars of Taurus and Aries. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) The star Algol in the constellation of Perseus represents the glowing eye of Medusa from Greek mythology. Also designated Beta Persei, it is among the most accessible variable stars for skywatchers. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) The northeastern sky on November evenings hosts the bright constellations of Perseus and W-shaped Cassiopeia, with the very bright star Capella positioned below them. The brilliant planet Venus will continue to dominate the eastern pre-dawn sky during November, even while it slowly drops sunward. At the beginning of the month, the magnitude -4.4 " morning star" will rise in southeastern Leo at around 3:30 a.m. local time. On Saturday evening, Nov. 18, the terminator boundary between the moon's lit and dark hemispheres will fall just to the left of a trio of large craters named Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina that curve along the western edge of gray Mare Nectaris.
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