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What's Up for November?

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Your binoculars will come in
handy this month--

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to view the moon, star clusters,

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and a close pairing
of Venus and Jupiter.

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Hello and welcome!
I'm Jane Houston Jones from

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California.

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You can't miss bright
Venus in the predawn sky.

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This month Venus pairs up
with Jupiter

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on the morning of November 13th,

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as they did in 2015 and 2016

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when the two planets appeared a
little closer than this year.

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You'll have to be
looking very low

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on the east-southeast
horizon

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about 45 minutes before sunrise.

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But protect your eyes!

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[crunch-click]

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Don't aim your binoculars
directly at the sun

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and don't look at the
approaching sunrise

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with your unaided eyes
or telescopes.

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[whoosh]

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There are three
meteor showers this month,

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but none of them will present
high numbers of meteors

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at their peak.

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The Leonids peak on a
moonless November 17th.

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Expect no more than 10 meteors
an hour around 3:00 a.m.,

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the height of the shower.

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The Northern and
Southern sub-branches of the

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Taurid meteor shower offer
sparse counts

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of about 5 meteors per hour,

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but slow, bright meteors
are common.

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The nearby November Orionids
peak on the 28th,

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In contrast to the Taurids,
the Orionids are swift.

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But don't expect more
than 3 meteors per hour.

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[whoosh]

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The moon glides by three
beautiful star clusters

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in the morning sky this month,

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and a pair of binoculars
will allow you to see

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the individual stars
in the clusters.

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Aim your binoculars at

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the Pleiades and the moon
on the 5th,

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the Messier or M-35 cluster
and the moon on the 7th,

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and the Beehive cluster
and the moon on the 10th.

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Meanwhile, at dusk, catch
Saturn as it dips closer

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to the western horizon,

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and pairs up with Mercury
on the 24th through the 28th.

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Comet C/2017 O1, discovered
only in July by the

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All-Sky Automated
Survey for Supernovae,

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came close to the sun in
October, and should still be

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a binocular-friendly
magnitude 7 or 8

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greenish object
in November.

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Use Polaris, the North Star
as a guide.

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Look in the East to Northeast
sky in the late evening.

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You can find out about all of
NASA's missions at: www.nasa.gov

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That's all for this month. I'm
Jane Houston Jones.

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory