November 9, 2011
The full Moon and the planet Jupiter team up tonight. They are in view in early evening, with brilliant Jupiter just to the right of the full Moon. November's full Moon is known as the Wolf Moon or Hunger Moon.
November 10, 2011
Mars moves past Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, the lion, the next few mornings. They rise shortly after midnight and are high in the southeast at first light. Mars looks like a bright orange star with Regulus quite close to the right or lower right.
November 11, 2011
Venus and Mercury are quite low in the southwest at sunset and set a bit more than an hour later. Venus is the brilliant "evening star." Mercury is to the lower left of Venus, by about the width of a finger held at arm's length.
November 12, 2011
The Moon is in great view tonight. It rises in early evening, with a bright orange star a little to its right -- Aldebaran, the "eye" of Taurus, the bull.
November 13, 2011
Saturn is climbing into better view in the early morning sky right now. The planet is low in the east at first light and looks like a fairly bright star. The true star Spica is a little to its right.
November 14, 2011
The Double Cluster stands high in the north this evening, to the right of W-shaped Cassiopeia. To the unaided eye, the Double Cluster looks like twin balls of haze. Binoculars reveal two bulges of stars wrapped in a blanket of mist.
November 15, 2011
Perseus, the hero, is well up in the east-northeast as darkness falls and directly overhead around midnight. Look for nearby Cassiopeia, which looks like a letter W. Cassiopeia is high in the north around 9 p.m., with Perseus to its east.
