OBSERVING Sky at a Glance Using the Map e +60° c Fa k M82 in N X E EXACT FOR LATITUDE 40º NORTH. LY g N about 7° right or upper right of Mars (for North America). M81 EVENING: The waxing crescent Moon hangs URSA MAJOR roughly two hours centered at 11:42 p.m. November 2nd PDT (2:42 a.m. November 3rd EDT); see page 51. 5 orth 2-3 NIGHT: Algol shines at minimum brightness for 8h 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 2016 8 EVENING: Algol shines at minimum brightness for roughly two hours centered at 7:19 p.m. EST. NIGHT: The Moon, just past full, shines near ` e Aldebaran and the Hyades. M 37 Polaris LO PA RD a M5 SS 2 60° le ub r D ol u s t e C ¡ ` PE IO a AL IS b IA _ ol i M31 M33 ` _ ANDROMEDA ` _ Hamal _ TRIANGULUM a 4 M3 l ` T a I d PI SC a Great Square of Pegasus ES _ _ k t T ra cle Mi E Cir C a U e S d f o SW ` Moon Phases First Qtr November 7 2:51 p.m. EDT Full November 14 8:52 a.m. EDT Last Qtr November 21 3:33 a.m. EDT New November 29 7:18 a.m. EDT 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 23 27 24 28 29 30 31 g in WED c Fa TUE MON S UN 30 ` a US Saturn SE Zenith M No oon v1 1 AN E Alg P R ID SW Jupiter ARIES I S ME ` US L SUNRISE ▶ _ Mars AT O ER SW U ¡ Venus a PE RS E C MIDNIGHT Hidden in the Sun's glare all month Mercury Q SHOWN FOR LATITUDE 40° NORTH AT MID-MONTH ◀ SUNSET _ b ¡ E C E Planet Visibility CA ¡ c n oo 4 M ov 1 N roughly two hours centered at 9:02 p.m. EST. _ A Pleiades ¡ TA U R U S NIGHT: Algol shines at minimum brightness for e 28 Aldebaran roughly two hours centered at 12:13 a.m. November 26th EST (9:13 p.m. November 25th PST). _ h 25-26 NIGHT: Algol shines at minimum brightness for Fa c i n g E a s t Spica form a triangle about 9° tall in the southeast. ORION 5 DAWN: The crescent Moon, Jupiter, and Hyades MORNING: Look for Gamma (γ) Virginis about 2° lower left of the Moon. 25 G f MORNING: Look for 1st-magnitude Regulus, the forefoot of Leo, less than 2° above the last-quarter Moon. 24 lla RI 38 M 36 ` c 21 M peaks before dawn, but skyglow from the waning gibbous Moon will hide all but the brightest meteors. Ca pe MORNING: The weak Leonid meteor shower _ AU 17 CA 14-15 Fomalhaut SE 2h SCU LPT OR Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula 2 Globular cluster Planetary nebula Fa c i n g