The 365 Days of Astronomy Actual Astronomy - Observer's Calendar For November
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com
Episode 507.
- 1st - Carbon Star V Air best tonight
- 2nd - Saturn Neptune and Moon congregate in evening sky
- 4th - Two Shadows on Jupiter
- IO and Euorpa after 10pm here for us so that's midnight EST.
- 5th - Full Moon (closest moon of the year)
- Asteroid Victoria at opposition. Asteroid "12 Victoria" is a large S-type (stony) asteroid in the main asteroid belt, discovered in 1850 by J.R. Hind. It orbits between Mars and Jupiter, recently, a meteor event occurred over Victoria, Australia, in August 2025, which created a sonic boom and was large enough for fragments to potentially have landed on the ground.
- 5th & 6th - Moon Near Pleiades
- NGC's 253 & 288 well placed tonight
- 7th - Cleomedes Sunset Rays visible on Moon
- 9th - Carbon Star VX And Best tonight
- 10th - Jupiter 4-degrees S of Moon
- 11th - asteroid 471 Papagena at opposition
- 471 Papagena is an asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 7 June 1901
- 12th - N Taurid Meteors ZHR=5
- The Northern Taurid meteor shower, active from roughly October 20 to December 10, peaks around November 12. It is known for producing bright, slow-moving fireballs that are easy to spot with the naked eye. The shower is caused by Earth passing through debris from Comet Encke
- 14th - Zodiacal Light becomes visible this month
- 17th - Leonid Meteors this morning
- The Leonid meteor shower is an annual event that peaks around November 17th, when Earth passes through debris left by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. These fast, bright meteors appear to originate from the constellation Leo, which is how they got their name. Under normal conditions, you might see 10 to 15 meteors per hour, but every 33 year,....
- 19th - Carbon star WZ Can best tonight
- 20th - Gegenshein Visible
- 68 Leto M=9.9 at opposition. It is a large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 29, 1861, and is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology. It orbits at a distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.187. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 7.97° to the ecliptic.68 Leto is a large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 29, 1861, and is named after Leto the mother of Apollo and Artemis. It orbits at a distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years.
- Two Moon shadows on Jupiter
- Carbon star TX Psc best tonight
- 21st - Uranus at Opposition
- 23rd - Mercury and Venus Pair in morning sky
- 24th - Saturn Ring tilt -0.37
- 27th - Lunar X
- Alphonsus Sunrise Ray visible on Moon
- 28th - Lunar Straight wall visible this evening
- 29th - Saturn, Neptune and Moon congregate in evening sky
2 bright comets R2 Lemmon and A6 Swan -
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