Shooting stars in November
It rises at noon and sets again around midnight. On November 6, the moon and sun the furthest distance from each other.
From around 9 am until shortly before 3 pm on November 8, a total lunar eclipse will take place with a maximum eclipse at around 12 noon. The moon is directly in the Earth's shadow. In this constellation there is always a full moon and the orbits between the sun, moon and earth are are exactly centered in relation to each other. The moon is in our region during this period below the horizon and the spectacle is therefore not visible to us.
On November 12, the peak of the Northern Taurids, from the south-eastern direction streaming, achieved. The Taurids share itself strictly speaking in two own Shooting star swarms, one Southern and Northern Partial flow on and have their Starting point in the constellation Taurus. These meteor showers originate from the comet 2P/Encke and some planetoids. In good conditions you can see about 5 meteors per hour.
The moon will show us its second half on November 16, but will now rise around midnight and again at noon.
In November, you can also see the Leonids coming from the east, see. This is a meteor stream in the constellation of Leo, which is best seen from the 14th to the 21st. november observed become can. Thereby can here usually between 10 and 15 shooting stars are visible every hour. This meteor stream is already over 1000 years old and Every 33 years, the Earth crosses the orbit of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which is responsible for the appearance of the comet. is responsible for the Leonids. During this intense phase, up to several 1000 shooting stars per hour, which is expected to be the case again in 2031.
As Leo does not rise until around midnight, the Leonids can be seen mainly in the early hours of the morning. morning hours. The maximum will occur from November 17 to 18 at around 3 a.m. achieved. The Shooting stars can here Speeds to 70 km/s achieve and therefore belong to the faster category. On this day, the moon is at its furthest point from the earth, the so-called apogee.
The alpha monocerotides reach their peak on November 21 with an average of 5 shooting stars per hour. However, there can also be up to 100 meteors per hour. They emanate from the constellation of the unicorn in the eastern sky, between the two stars Sirius and Prokyon.
November 23 is new moon. The moon is usually not visible at this time because it is in conjunction with the Sun, i.e. exactly between the Earth and the Sun.
On November 26, the moon is at its closest point to the earth, the so-called perigee, and from November 30, the moon is at its closest point to the earth. The phases of the moon begin anew in November, the first half of the moon is visible again.
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November also allows us to take a look at all the outer planets in the evening and night hours. throw. In the early evening, as twilight progresses in the western sky, the ringed planet Saturn rises. However, it sets before midnight. Neptune in Aquarius is a distant orb. It cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Not far from it, Jupiter stands out in Pisces with its bright light. In the evening sky, it will be Brightness only surpassed by the moon. Jupiter can be seen until after midnight.
Uranus, which was first discovered by Wilhelm Herschel in 1781, is currently in Aries. It can can theoretically be found with the naked eye, but it requires a really dark Sky and excellent eyes.
In the late evening, our outer neighbor, Mars, appears in the east in the constellation Taurus. It is significantly brighter than the stars in this region and therefore cannot be overlooked. It stands in the sky throughout the night, reaching a height of over 60 degrees above the horizon.
The starry sky is initially still dominated by the autumn square. The summer constellations are has been pushed to the western half of the sky. In the north, the Great Bear is still creeping across the horizon, but it quickly gains altitude in the northeast. Its most important stars are circumpolar and are always above the horizon.
The coming winter is already announcing itself in the east. The twins are in the process of rising. Taurus and Fuhrmann have preceded them. And the classic winter constellation, Orion, is also making its presence felt. slowly becoming noticeable.
Below the fish, the whale stands out. It is actually Cetus, the sea monster, to whom Adromeda was to be sacrificed. However, Perseus was able to stop this just in time. be prevented. We can now find everyone involved in the Andromeda saga in the sky. There is first Andromeda, her father Cepheus, King of Ethiopia, her mother Cassiopeia, because of whose vanity was to be sacrificed to Andromeda, Perseus, her savior, and the monster that Perseus could turn it into stone just in time.
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