The Night Sky This Month

The night sky for November 2019

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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during November 2019.The Night SkyNorthern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere’s night sky during November 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, shining on the 1st at magnitude -1.9 and falling to -1.8 during the month, can be seen very low in the southwest as darkness falls. As the month progresses, its angular size drops from 33.4 to 32.1 arc seconds - but, by the end of the month, will be lost in the Sun's glare. Jupiter lies in the southeastern part of Ophiuchus and is heading towards the southernmost part of the ecliptic so, as it appears in the twilight, will only have an elevation of ~8 degrees. With its low elevation, atmospheric dispersion will take its toll and an atmospheric dispersion corrector would greatly help to improve our views of the giant planet and it four Gallilean moons. Saturn , will be seen just west of south as darkness falls at the start of the month. Then, its disk