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- Night Sky Note for November 30, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009 The nearly full Moon is to the west of the Pleiades in the evening sky. As the night progresses, the Moon moves closer to the star cluster. Tomorrow evening, the Moon will be east of the cluster. Observers in Hawaii may see some of the stars of the Pleiades occulted by the Moon. - Night Sky Note for November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009 The red planet Mars is 13° west of the star Regulus. Mars rises about 5 hours after sunset and is high in the SSW by morning twilight. Mars will continue to move towards Regulus until it starts its retrograde motion on December 21. - Night Sky Note for November 28, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009 The gibbous Moon is in the ESE sky at dusk. Aim a telescope at the Moon and look for the crater Aristarchus. Aristarchus is a very bright crater in the Ocean of Storms. Aristarchus is one of the youngest formation on the Moon, only 450 million years old. - Night Sky Note for November 27, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 Venus rises 30° to the lower left of the star Spica. Look for Venus very low in the ESE 45 minutes before sunrise. How many more days can you find Venus in the morning twilight? Venus is only 11° west of the Sun. The bright planet moves behind the Sun on January 11th, 2010 and returns to the evening sky in late February 2010.