{"id":470,"date":"2019-10-30T02:35:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T02:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/?p=470"},"modified":"2019-10-30T02:35:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T02:35:50","slug":"november-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/november-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 2019 astronomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury and Venus\nare together in the west at sunset when November starts. Jupiter is a\nbit above them. Saturn is higher still. All four are in the western\nsky. If you’re looking for the fifth traditional naked eye planet to\njoin them, we’re sorry to disappoint you. Mars is a morning object\nand will not join the rest this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Saturn,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If\nyou’re lucky, you may see Uranus rising right after sunset, although\nMercury and Venus may set before the sky is dark enough to see Uranus\nwith the naked eye. Not usually counted as a naked eye planet, Uranus\nactually is slightly brighter than 6th<\/sup>\nmagnitude, which is considered the cutoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\napproximately 40 minutes on November 9, Jupiter will be visible from\nEarth without any of the Galilean satellites next to it. While Io and\nGanymede transit the planet’s disk, Europa will be behind the planet\nand Callisto will be in Jupiter’s shadow. It is uncommon to see\nJupiter \u201cwithout satellites\u201d. The last time it happened was in\n2009. In the first book of his Mathematical\nAstronomy Morsels<\/em>\nseries, mathematician and astronomer Jean Meeus\nfound the 2009 \u201cJupiter without satellites\u201d event would be the\n23rd<\/sup>\nsince 1907.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Because Jupiter is\njust 40\u00b0 east of the sun for the 2019 event, there won’t be many\nplaces on Earth where it’s visible. For almost everyone, the event\nwill happen during daylight hours or at night after Jupiter has set.\nYou have a better chance of observing some of the other satellite\nevents leading up to and happening after it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a timeline\nof the Jupiter events for November 9. Times are approximate and could\nvary by a few minutes depending on how fast each moon disappears or\nreappears in your telescope or binoculars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n11:23 \u2013 11:48\tCallisto enters Jupiter’s shadow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n11:59 \u2013 12:10\tGanymede begins transiting Jupiter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n12:06 \u2013 12:11\tEuropa goes behind the planet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n12:14 \u2013 12:17\tIo begins transiting Jupiter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n12:17 \u2013 12:56\tJupiter is visible without satellites at low\nmagnification<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n12:56 \u2013 13:29\tCallisto emerges from Jupiter’s shadow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n13:00 \u2013 15:16\tIo’s shadow crosses the planet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n14:26 \u2013 14:30\tIo’s transit across Jupiter’s disk ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n14:40 \u2013 14:51\tGanymede’s transit ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n15:09 \u2013 18:03\tGanymede’s shadow crosses Jupiter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n15:15 \u2013 15:20\tEuropa emerges from Jupiter’s shadow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury is a tough\ncatch for northern hemisphere viewers at this time. It’s making a\nhasty retreat sunward toward inferior conjunction on the 11th. The\nbest views will be from low southern latitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Transit<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This inferior\nconjunction of Mercury will be special. From 12:35 to 18:04 UT, the\nplanet will transit the sun. A little black dot that is the planet\nwill cross the sun’s face for the first time since 2016 and for the\nlast time until 2032. Observers in Africa and western Europe will see\nthe first part of the transit. Those in South America, most of the\nAtlantic, and most of the Antarctic will see all of it. The last part\nis visible from North America and most of the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venus\nholds on in the evening sky as Jupiter moves toward the sun. The two\nplanets are close around the 24th<\/sup>.\nThey are on one side of the Sagittarius teapot while Saturn is on the\nother. By the 30th<\/sup>,\nSagittarius is setting as dusk gives way to night’s darkness. Jupiter\nis positioned a little differently, but it is still on the west side\nof the teapot lid. Venus is right on top. Saturn remains on the east\nside. Keep watching this scene. Around December 10, Saturn and Venus\nwill be paired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mars\nis a morning object in Virgo. See it passing within 3\u00b0 of Spica on\nthe 10th<\/sup>.\nBy the end of the month, Mercury has become a morning object in the\narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some lunar events\nthis month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n2nd<\/sup> \u2013 lunistice 23\u00b0 south<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n4th<\/sup> \u2013 first quarter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n7th<\/sup> \u2013 apogee 405,100 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n9th<\/sup> \u2013 goes north of equator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n12th<\/sup> \u2013 full moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n16th<\/sup> \u2013 lunistice 23.2\u00b0 north<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n19th<\/sup> \u2013 last quarter moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n23rd<\/sup> \u2013 goes south of equator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n23rd<\/sup> \u2013 perigee 366,700 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n26th<\/sup> \u2013 new moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n29th<\/sup> \u2013 lunistice 23.2\u00b0 south<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury is at\nperihelion on the 16th<\/sup> at 0.307 astronomical units from\nthe sun. Venus is at aphelion at 0.73 au on the 28th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on the 28th<\/sup>,\nMercury is at greatest elongation, 20.1\u00b0 west of the sun in the\nmorning sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some notable\nconjunctions this month<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n2nd<\/sup> \u2013 Saturn-moon 0.6\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n10th<\/sup> \u2013 Venus-Antares 3.9\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n10th<\/sup> \u2013 Mars-Spica 2.8\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n11th<\/sup> \u2013 Mercury-sun 0.0\u00b0 inferior conjunction and\ntransit of Mercury<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n14th<\/sup> \u2013 Moon-Aldebaran 3.0\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n17th<\/sup> \u2013 Moon-Pollux 5.4\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n20th<\/sup> \u2013 Moon-Regulus 3.5\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n23rd<\/sup> \u2013 Moon-Spica 7.0\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n24th<\/sup> \u2013 Mars-Moon 4.0\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n24th<\/sup> \u2013 Jupiter-Venus 1.4\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n25th<\/sup> \u2013 Mercury-Moon 1.8\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n27th- Moon-antares 7.0\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n28th<\/sup> \u2013 Moon-Venus 1.9\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29th<\/sup> \u2013 Saturn-moon 0.9\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Occultation<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For some viewers in the far south seas, the moon will pass in front of Saturn on November 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Occultation<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The moon will pass in front of the star Tejat in Gemini on November 16. The event will be visible from Europe and the northern Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November 2019 astronomy Mercury and Venus are together in the west at sunset when November starts. Jupiter is a bit above them. Saturn is higher still. All four are in the western sky. If you’re looking for the fifth traditional naked eye planet to join them, we’re sorry to disappoint you. Mars is a morning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}