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Eyes on the Sky Update<\/strong> Monday, Nov. 20<\/strong> \u2013 First Quarter Moon occurred this morning at 5:49 a.m. and will be in the south-southeast during evening twilight. At this time, the moon will be to the lower left of Saturn. (The star-like appearance of Saturn might be washed out by the brilliance of the moon.)\u00a0 The moon sets this night in the west-southwest just before midnight.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Nov. 21<\/strong> \u2013 The waxing crescent moon appears to the lower right of the planet Neptune.\u00a0 This outer solar system object is about 200 times further away than the moon and requires a telescope to be seen.\u00a0 Tonight, the moon is approximately a 100 million times brighter than Neptune.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Nov. 22<\/strong> \u2013 The intense light of Venus becomes visible during the night as this planet rises over the eastern horizon just after 3 a.m. \u00a0During the early evening the brilliant light of Jupiter becomes visible in the east less than an hour after the sun sets.<\/p>\n Thursday, Nov.\u00a0 23<\/strong> \u2013 Jupiter\u2019s intense light is shining from about one-third of the way up the sky in the east around 6 p.m.\u00a0 An hour later, Saturn is about a third of the way up the sky in the south-southwest.<\/p>\n Friday, Nov. 24<\/strong> \u2013 Jupiter will be found tonight to the lower left of the 93% illuminated gibbous moon.\u00a0 The pair is visible in the east-southeast at 6 p.m. and in the southeast at 8 p.m.\u00a0 By 10 p.m., the pair is in the south and Jupiter is now directly to the left of the moon.<\/p>\n Saturday, Nov. 25<\/strong> \u2013 Orion, in its entirety, has climbed over the eastern horizon by 8 p.m. while Sirius, the marker star of Canis Major (the Big Dog) and the brightest star of the night sky, rises just before 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Sunday, Nov. 26<\/strong> \u2013 The moon, less than a day before full, shines adjacent to the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus.\u00a0 Binoculars will help you see the stars of this cluster within the glare of the moon.<\/p>\n
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