Podcaster: Shane and Chris
Title: The Observer’s Calendar for November 2024
Organization: Actual Astronomy
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Description: The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for November 2024. With Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS fading we discuss other things to see in the night sky. From our continued vigil waiting for t Corona Borealis to Nova to the Halloween Fireballs, we also talk about pairings of the Moon and Venus, Jupiter and other planets.
Bio: Shane and Chris are amateur astronomers who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and performing outreach where they help the eyes of the public to telescope eyepieces.
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Transcript:
Halloween Fireballs and The Observer’s Calendar for November 2024 on Episode 454 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars.
- Did you get any observing in Shane?
- We are still waiting on t Corona Borealis to Nova, goes every 80 yrs.
- Nov 1 – New Moon!
- Nov 3 – Mercury 2-degrees North of Moon, Mercury is basically right of the Moon just after Sunset.
- Nov 4 – Venus 3-degrees North of Moon
- Nov 5th – early morning -S. Taurid Meteors Peak
- These are the Halloween Fireballs
- The Taurids is an annual meteor shower, associated with comet Encke. The Taurids are actually two separate showers, Southern and Northern. The Southern Taurids come from Comet Encke, while the Northern Taurids come from the asteroid 2004 TG, possibly a large fragment of Encke. The meteor shower gets it’s name from the radiant point in the constellation Taurus. Because they happen in late October and early November, they are also called Halloween fireballs. Since such a short period comet, the meteors have the slowest impact speed of the annual well-known meteor showers.
- Typically, Taurids appear at a rate of about 5m per hour, moving slowly across the sky at about. If meteors are larger than a pebble, these meteors may become bolides as bright as the Moon and leave behind smoke trails.
- Nov 9 – First Quarter Moon
- Nov 11 – Saturn as close as 0.09 degrees n of the Moon – NZ Occultation
- Nov. 12 – Neptune as close as 0.6 degrees south of the Moon, Occultation for some in NA and western Hemisphere
- Nov 15 – Full Moon
- Nov 16 – Moon as close as 4-degrees South of Moon while in M45, Pleiades
- Nov 16 – Mercury at Greatest Elongation 23-degrees East – Evening Sky SW
- Nov 17 – Uranus at Opposition
- Leonid Meteors Peak and Jupiter 6-degrees from the Moon
- Nov 20 – Mars 2-degrees S of Moon
- Nov 23rd – Last Quarter
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) – Will fade from the naked eye view. Mag 6.3 at start of month and 9.3 by end of month.
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