Actual Astronomy - Observer’s Calendar For November

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur
astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com


Episode 507.


1st - Carbon Star V Air best tonight

2nd - Saturn Neptune and Moon congregate in evening sky

4th - Two Shadows on Jupiter

IO and Euorpa after 10pm here for us so that’s midnight
EST.



5th - Full Moon (closest moon of the year)

Asteroid Victoria at opposition. Asteroid "12 Victoria"
is a large S-type (stony) asteroid in the main asteroid belt,
discovered in 1850 by J.R. Hind. It orbits between Mars and
Jupiter, recently, a meteor event occurred over Victoria,
Australia, in August 2025, which created a sonic boom and was
large enough for fragments to potentially have landed on the
ground. 



5th & 6th - Moon Near Pleiades

NGC’s 253 & 288 well placed tonight



7th - Cleomedes Sunset Rays visible on Moon

9th  - Carbon Star VX And Best tonight

10th - Jupiter 4-degrees S of Moon

11th - asteroid 471 Papagena at opposition 

471 Papagena is an asteroid that was discovered by German
astronomer Max Wolf on 7 June 1901



12th - N Taurid Meteors ZHR=5

The Northern Taurid meteor shower, active from roughly
October 20 to December 10, peaks around November 12. It is
known for producing bright, slow-moving fireballs that are
easy to spot with the naked eye. The shower is caused by
Earth passing through debris from Comet Encke 



14th - Zodiacal Light becomes visible this month

17th - Leonid Meteors this morning

The Leonid meteor shower is an annual event that peaks
around November 17th, when Earth passes through debris left
by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. These fast, bright meteors appear
to originate from the constellation Leo, which is how they
got their name. Under normal conditions, you might see 10 to
15 meteors per hour, but every 33 year,....



19th - Carbon star WZ Can best tonight

20th - Gegenshein Visible

68 Leto M=9.9 at opposition. It is a large main belt
asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was
discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 29,
1861, and is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and
Artemis in Greek mythology. It orbits at a distance of
2.78112 AU over 4.64 years and has an orbital eccentricity of
0.187. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 7.97° to
the ecliptic.68 Leto is a large main belt asteroid that is
orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German
astronomer Robert Luther on April 29, 1861, and is named
after Leto the mother of Apollo and Artemis. It orbits at a
distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years.

Two Moon shadows on Jupiter

Carbon star TX Psc best tonight



21st - Uranus at Opposition

23rd - Mercury and Venus Pair in morning sky

24th - Saturn Ring tilt -0.37

27th - Lunar X

Alphonsus Sunrise Ray visible on Moon



28th - Lunar Straight wall visible this evening

29th - Saturn, Neptune and Moon congregate in evening sky



 


2 bright comets R2 Lemmon and A6 Swan - 


 


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