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Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More information on the items
below is available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs
provided. (If the links don't work, just manually type the URLs into your
Web browser.) Clear skies!
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THE MOON MEETS JUPITER AND VENUS

Venus and Jupiter had a very close conjunction on November 4th and 5th,
and are now rapidly pulling away from each other. But they are still close
enough together to form dramatic arrangements with the Moon at dawn on
November 9th and 10th.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1364_1.asp

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A RARE GLIMPSE OF MARE ORIENTALE

Spectacular Orientale is the youngest large lunar basin, but it's centered
just beyond the western limb of the Moon. Fortunately, favorable
librations tip the Moon so that Orientale's main rings and mare lava flows
occasionally come into view. The brief Orientale observing season is now
upon us; the first opportunity occurs before dawn on November 8th.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/article_723_1.asp

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A DAYTIME OCCULTATION OF JUPITER

The thin waning crescent Moon will occult the second-brightest planet as
seen from much of North America on Tuesday, November 9th. The catch is
that it will happen in broad daylight, around midday or late morning, with
the Moon and Jupiter generally being a little higher than the Sun and
fairly far off to its right.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/

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NOVEMBER METEORS

The weak, long-lasting Taurid meteor shower should be at its most active
this week. Under ideal observing conditions you may see 8 or 10 Taurids
per hour. The much more famous Leonids are expected to peak on Wednesday
morning, November 17th, well after the crescent Moon has set.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_1362_1.asp

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SEEKING THIN CRESCENT MOONS

Few celestial sights are as arresting and beautiful as a slender crescent
Moon in the western evening sky, the day after it passes the Sun each
month. Your next opportunity comes after the new Moon of November 12th.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/article_1173_1.asp

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SKY AT A GLANCE

During dawn on Tuesday morning, the crescent Moon hangs over Jupiter. To
read more about what's happening in the night sky this week, visit "This
Week's Sky at a Glance":

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance/

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