Best Night Sky Events of November 2021

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Best Night Sky Events of November 2021

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Hi all. Here is the latest report from Starry Night Software and Chris Vaughan, at Space.com. It provides information on several interesting observing opportunities throughout the month of November. Here are just a few: Tuesday, November 2 - GRS and Two Shadows Cross Jupiter (from 11:00 to 14:20 UT), Wednesday, November 3 - Crescent Moon above Mercury (pre-dawn), Friday, November 5 - Uranus at Opposition (all night), Friday, November 5 - Southern Taurids Meteor Shower Peak (wee hours), Saturday, November 6 - Ceres Crosses the Bull (all night), Wednesday, November 10 - Mercury Mars Conjunction (before sunrise), Thursday, November 11 - Lunar X in Early Evening (peaks at 7 p.m. EST), Friday, November 12 - Northern Taurids Meteor Shower Peak (wee hours), Wednesday, November 17 - Bright Moon near Uranus (all night), Thursday, November 18 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peaks (all night), Monday, November 22 - Mars meets Zubenelgenubi (predawn), Tuesday, November 23 - Twin Shadows and the GRS Transit Jupiter (00:00 to 02:30 GMT on Nov 24), Friday, November 26 - The Andromeda Galaxy (all night), Saturday, November 27 - Ceres at Opposition (all night), and much more. It also includes lots of other interesting pictures, maps, charts, and information for this month:
https://www.space.com/33974-best-night-sky-events.html
I hope this helps with your observing plans and that it is useful to you. Thanks for looking, and the best of wishes for many clear night skies.
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Thanks for taking the time to post all this good information.
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very nice of you , thx .
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Great Marshall - thanks for this!
-Michael
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