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NEW moon occurs on Nov. 15d. 22h. 29m. u.t. and full moon on Nov. 30d. OOh. 52m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: Nov. 5d. OOh., Saturn 0·1° N.; Nov. lOd. 18h., Jupiter 4° S.,. Nov. 17d. 05h., Mercury 5° S.; Nov. 19d. 02h., Venus 3° S. The following occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 take place: Nov. 2d. 23h. 12·0m., i Tauri (R); Nov. 3d. 22h. 06·lm., 20° 1105m (R); Nov. 8d. 04h. 19·lm., 8 Leon. (R). The times refer to the latitude of Greenwich and R refers to reappearance. Mercury sets 8 minutes after the sun on Nov. 1 and 52 minutes after the sun at the end of the month. Venus can be seen in the evenings, setting at 17h. 45m., 18h. 12m., and 18h. 18m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month respectively. Mars is too close to the sun for favourable observation. Jupiter rises at 2h. 19m. at the beginning of November and can be seen about midway between σ and υ Leonis. At the end of the month the planet has moved into the constellation of Virgo and rises at 0h. 48m. Saturn, in the constellation of Gemini, sets at 12h. 09m., llh. 12m. and l0h. 11m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month respectively. The times have been computed for the latitude of Greenwich and the effects of refraction are ignored in all cases. The Leonid meteors are due on November 13–14 but the shower has been very feeble for some years, and the same remark applies to the Andromedids, which were once fairly active during November 18–27.
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The Night Sky in November. Nature 154, 543 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154543b0
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