OBSERVING Sky at a Glance Using the Map e +60° c Fa k M81 M82 in g N N LY EXACT FOR LATITUDE 40º NORTH. X E 4 DAWN: Look for the close pairing of little red Mars URSA MAJOR NIGHT: Algol is at minimum brightness for DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME ENDS at 2 a.m. for most of the U.S. and Canada. 2 orth 1 8h and brilliant Venus. They're less than 1° apart this morning and for the next two mornings. Jupiter shines white gold about 6° to their upper right. Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. Above it are the constellations in front of you. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. NOVEMBER 2015 roughly two hours centered at 10:32 p.m. EST. DAWN: The waning crescent Moon shines less ` than 2° from Venus, forming a triangle with nearby Mars. Jupiter stands about 11° above them. e M Polaris 37 ME LO PA RD a CA M5 SS 2 60° le ub r D ol u s t e C ¡ ` PE IO a _ AL IS b IA a 4 M3 i M31 ` M33 _ ANDROMEDA ` _ Hamal _ ` T a I d PI SC a Great Square of Pegasus ES _ _ k t cle T ra Mi E Cir C a U e S d f o Visible through November 8 ` Moon Phases New November 11 12:47 p.m. EST First Qtr November 19 1:27 a.m. EST Full November 25 5:44 p.m. EST WED S AT FR I THU 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 g in TUE MON c Fa Last Qtr November 3 7:24 a.m. EST S UN ` a US SE Zenith M No oon v2 2 AN E SW ID SE TRIANGULUM P R ER E Mars l I AT O ¡ SE ol L U SUNRISE ▶ Hidden in the Sun's glare all month Jupiter C _ Q SHOWN FOR LATITUDE 40° NORTH AT MID-MONTH E ARIES C E Alg E from Venus for the next five days. Venus CA ` US n oo 5 M ov 2 N TA U R U S DAWN: First-magnitude Spica shines less than 5° Saturn RS E c Pleiades ¡ Hyades e Aldebaran roughly two hours centered at 9:04 p.m. EST. _ h NIGHT: Algol is at minimum brightness for ORION 5 Fa c i n g E a s t viewers in Canada and the northern U.S., the Moon occults Aldebaran in the early morning hours of November 26th; see page 45. Mercury a PE NIGHT: The full Moon shines in the Hyades. For MIDNIGHT _ b ¡ 25 ◀ SUNSET lla NIGHT: Algol is at minimum brightness for roughly two hours centered at 9:15 p.m. PST (12:15 a.m. November 25th EST). Planet Visibility Ca pe ¡ 24 28 A f shower is likely to peak this night; it's best observed between midnight and morning twilight. 27 G 38 ` c LATE NIGHT: The typically weak Leonid meteor M 36 M roughly two hours centered at 7:21 p.m. EST. 17-18 _ AU RI NIGHT: Algol is at minimum brightness for _ 7 Galaxy SE 2h Fomalhaut SCU LPT OR Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula 2 Globular cluster Planetary nebula Fa c i n g