同仁堂哪里收购牛黄:This Week's Sky at a Glance for October 28 – November 5

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This Week's Sky at a Glance

Some daily events in the changing sky for October 28 – November 5

by Alan M. MacRobert

The waxing crescent Moon points the way to low Venus and even lower Mercury. (The visibility of the fainter objects in bright twilight is exaggerated. These scenes are drawn for the middle of North America. European observers: move each Moon symbol a quarter of the way toward the one for the previous date.) Sky & Telescope diagram Friday, Oct. 28
  • In bright twilight, look for the thin crescent Moon very low in the southwest. Can you spot Venus to its lower right, as shown here? They're separated by roughly a fist-width at arm's length (depending on your longitude). Use binoculars to try for much fainter Antares and Mercury.
  • Jupiter is at opposition tonight, opposite the Sun as seen from Earth. This an unusually close opposition of Jupiter, one of the closest in its 12-year cycle.

    Saturday, Oct. 29

  • The crescent Moon is higher and easier to spot now after sunset. Its round side points to the lower right, toward very low Venus and Mercury.

    Sunday, Oct. 30

  • Comet Garradd continues glowing at 6th magnitude just as predicted. Find it with binoculars or a telescope near the head of Hercules in the western sky right dark, using our finder chart online or in the November Sky & Telescope, page 52.
  • If you're in the Eastern time zone, you'll find Algol at its minimum brightness at nightfall. Farther west, Algol will already be rebrightening when the sky gets dark.

    Monday, Oct. 31

  • Halloween evening finds the crescent Moon lowering in the southwest and bright Jupiter rising higher in the east. Perfect for setting up your telescope in the driveway and giving looks to visiting trick-or-treaters! In this way are new astronomers sometimes made.

    Tuesday, Nov. 1

  • Face west after dark and look very high for Vega, the brightest star there. Even higher above it, near the zenith, is Deneb. Farther to Vega's left or lower left shines Altair. These three stars form the increasingly misnamed Summer Triangle.

    Wednesday, Nov. 2

  • First-quarter Moon (exact at 12:38 p.m.). The half-lit Moon stands high in the south at sunset. As the stars come out, the Moon reveals itself to be above the dim star-pattern of Capricornus.

    Thursday, Nov. 3

  • Look lower left of the Moon this evening, by two or three fist-widths at arm's length, for Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star.

    Friday, Nov. 4

  • Jupiter's moon Io casts its tiny black shadow onto Jupiter from 8:07 to to 10:17 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Jupiter's Great Red Spot should cross the planet's central meridian during this time, around 9:45 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

    For timetables of all of Jupiter's Red Spot transits and satellite events this month, good worldwide, see the November Sky & Telescope, page 54.

    Saturday, Nov. 5

  • Look upper left of the Moon this evening for the Great Square of Pegasus, tipped up on one corner.
  • Daylight-saving time ends (for most of North America) at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Clocks "fall back" an hour.