Calendar

with

astronomical events

November.

The most

important

event for

amateur astronomers

this month

will definitely be

comet

ISON

which

this month

will make its

appearance

in our sky,

likely

to be

seen with

the naked eye.

Early November : Comet ISON may be seen with the naked eye for observers.





01 november 2013 Venus reaches the highest elongation : 47.1°E at 11:00

03 november 2013

New Moon . Moon will be between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth . This phase takes place at 12 :50.

05 November 2013

ISON

06 november 2013

Moon at the Perigee

at

11:28

Moon

reaches

perigee

the closest point

to Earth

365,362 km

from Earth.

06 november 2013

Saturn - Sun Conjunction

at 13:00.

08 november 2013

Mercury at Aphelion . Mercury reaches the farthest point from the Sun at 02:00 .

08 November 2013

ISON

17 november 2013

Full Moon . Earth is between the Sun and the Moon and so the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth . This phase occurs at 15 :16 .

17, 18 november 2013 - Leonids - meteor shower .

Leonids meteor showers are one of the best for observation . You will see about 40 meteors per hour.Leonids have a cyclic peak year every 33 years when hundreds of meteors can be seen each hour. Last time this phenomenon occurred in 2001. Meteors will radiate from the constellation Leo after midnight and the meteors originates from the tail of the Comet Temple - Tuttle .

18 November 2013

ISON

18 november 2013

Mercury reaches the highest elongation : 19.5°W at 04:00.





22 november 2013

Moon at the Apogee

at 11:50

Moon

reaches

apogee

the farthest point

from Earth

405,446 km

from Earth.

22 November 2013

ISON

23 November 2013

ISON

25 November 2013

ISON

26 november 2013

Mercury - Saturn

27 November 2013

ISON

28 November 2013

ISON

Observing the planets:

Sun:

Related Posts : Astronomical calendar 2013

crossing the border of the constellation Leo in Virgo.passes through the equinoctial in Virgo.pass just 0.38 degrees north of the bright star Spica.passes in the constellation Libra.lies 4.7 degrees SSW of Mercury and 4.9 SW of Saturn.visits another famous comet, passings just 1.2 degrees south of the comet 2P/Encke within which may shine at magnitude 8.: 0.3° at 07:00.enters SOHO's coronagraph LASCO C3.reaches perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, at ~18:00 PM EST / 23:00 UT.Early evening: Venus, at south-west.In the morning, before sunrise: at west, Jupiter, and Mars at east.30 minutes before sunrise: Mercury and Saturn will be visible at the horizon to the east, starting November 20.November 22: Sun enters the astrological sign of SagittariusNovember 23: The Sun enters the astronomical constellation ScorpioNovember 30: Sun enters the astronomical constellation Ophiuchus, the thirteenth constellation of the zodiac