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What's Up for November.

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Venus at sunset,
Jupiter at dawn,

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your last evening glimpse
of Saturn until spring

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and more meteors!

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Hello and welcome.

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I'm Jane Houston Jones

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from NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory

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in Pasadena, California.

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From November 1st to 3rd
catch gibbous Venus,

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the crescent moon
and ringed Saturn

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together in the southwest
sky just after sunset.

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Wake up before sunrise all
month to see bright Jupiter

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above Spica, Virgo's
brightest star,

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shining in the
east-southeast sky.

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Just before sunrise, you'll
see the waning crescent moon

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above Jupiter.

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On the following predawn
mornings, through the 26th,

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the moon will be below Jupiter.

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November is a good time
to try to spot Ceres,

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as it glides past the
stars in the constellation

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Cetus the whale.

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Over the course of
an evening or two,

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you will see the
dwarf planet move

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relative to the background stars

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(through a telescope, that is).

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[Whoosh]

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This month, just
like last month,

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there are 3 meteor showers:

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the Northern Taurids,
the Leonids

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and the November Orionids.

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The slow, bright Taurids
are visible before midnight

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for a week centered on
November 12.

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The Leonids produced meteor
storms of hundreds to thousands

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of meteors per hour at the peak
each year from 1998 to 2002.

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This year they'll be visible
at their regular rates,

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perhaps 10 per hour.

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The November 17
Leonid peak falls

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just a few days
after the full moon,

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obscuring all but the brightest
of these swift meteors.

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The Orionids peak
on November 28th.

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The constellation Orion is
familiar to most skywatchers.

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The radiant is
near Orion's head.

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[Whoosh]

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Finally, we say a temporary
farewell to Saturn

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at the end of the month,

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as it will pass through solar
conjunction December 10th.

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It will reappear in the pre-dawn
sky by the end of the year.

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You can catch up on
current missions such as

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NASA's Dawn mission
orbiting Ceres right now,

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Cassini orbiting Saturn and
Juno orbiting Jupiter

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at www.nasa.gov.