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By Ezzy Pearson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 06 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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What\u2019s in the night sky of the week of 7 to 13, November 2022.<\/p>\n\n

Chris Bramley <\/strong>\u00a0Hello and welcome to Star Diary, the podcast for the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine. You can subscribe to the print edition, visiting skyatnightmagazine.com<\/a> or to our digital edition by visiting iTunes or Google Play.<\/p>\n

Ezzy Pearson <\/strong>Greetings listeners and welcome to Star Diary, a weekly guide to the best things to see in the northern hemisphere\u2019s night sky. But as we\u2019re based here in the UK, all the times that we\u2019ll be giving are in GMT and this episode, we\u2019ll be covering the coming week from 7th to 13th of November. I\u2019m Ezzy Pearson, the magazine\u2019s features editor, and I\u2019m joined on the podcast today by reviews editor Paul Money. Hello, Paul.<\/p>\n

Paul Money <\/strong>Hello there Ezzy. Looking forward to some more events?<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>Absolutely. So Paul, what are your recommendations for this week?<\/p>\n

Paul <\/strong>Well, we had quite a good session with the evening sky last week, so let\u2019s start the week with the morning sky. You know, that really, really strange time when everybody should be asleep. Curled up in bed, especially these colder nights. But, well, if we\u2019re astronomers we\u2019ll get out at any time of the night. Well, that\u2019s the theory anyway. Unless you turn off your alarm and go back to sleep, which is what I sometimes do, unfortunately. However, on 7th we\u2019re looking about 3:00 in the morning, I think this is well worth going on for now, to be fair. You could have started the next morning. So it\u2019s one of those things that, you know, it depends on where you wanted to do this. But we look at Ceres<\/a>. Now this is the dwarf planet, Ceres, magnitude 8.8. So it\u2019s not bright. But the reason why I picked out is that it\u2019s actually passing through the Leo Triplet of galaxies<\/a>. This is why it\u2019s in the morning sky. Leo is in the morning sky at the moment sort of thing. So you have to be up about 3:00 o\u2019clock\u00a0 is probably the best time. Leo is well up by then. So he\u2019s not low down in the murk. It\u2019s well up. So have a look because you\u2019ll find it below the galaxy NGC 3628. Now that\u2019s the fainter member I always think it\u2019s slightly larger on photographs. And so a light is parallel to the motion of Ceres as well. And then you\u2019ve got like if you look with binoculars, which is very difficult, you can\u2019t see them easily with binoculars, but the orientation is sort like the galaxy is sort like trending from upper right to lower left. And then the other two galaxies that form the triple are M65 and M66. Now, all these galaxies are not exactly bright. I mean, M65 is mag 9.6 and M66 is 9.7 and that other galaxy. Well that\u2019s 10.41 but when you got a mag 8.8 dwarf planet passing through them, this is the time to capture it. And hopefully you can do it visually and also do it photographically and get a sequence showing it moving through the actual field as long as the sky is clear. Now, we\u2019ve estimated that in actual fact Ceres is closest to the galaxy core of NGC 3628, around about 3 a.m. on the 7th, which is why I chose this particular time. And then the next morning it lies to its east south. So it is a good project really for astrophotographers and it\u2019s fascinating for us night after night, or should I say morning after morning to actually follow the motion of this world as it passes through this triplet, because it\u2019s not often you get these interesting objects involving deep sky targets as well. Often they look like a dot. Ceres will just look like a dot. But then you\u2019ve got these galaxies and you\u2019ll see this one dot moving past these galaxies, which I find actually fascinating. So that\u2019s Ceres, as I say it\u2019s not often we\u2019ve mentioned Ceres recently because it has faded, but this is one of those chances. This is the time to do it. So November 8th, while we get around to the full Moon, full Moon occurs on 8th and on that evening we find it actually fairly close to Uranus is several degrees to the left of Uranus itself. And we were looking about, well, say 7 p.m. in the evening sky and our full Moon is technically at opposition. It is opposite the Sun in the sky as well. We get it full. So with Uranus being so close it does follow and I\u2019m not sure about Uranus should be close to opposition as well. And indeed it is. It is the opposition the next day. So there are literally probably less than 24 hours apart from being opposition together. So I find that fascinating. It\u2019s not often you get this situation where the Moon is really close to the planet and they share the same opposition date near enough. So 8th and 9th there, for the Moon at full and then Uranus opposition<\/a>. And Uranus is technically naked eye \u2013 he says, laughing. Yes, it depends on your eyesight, also depends on your clarity of the sky. You know, the so many things that can affect this. But if you\u2019ve got dark skies, it\u2019s worth and you\u2019ve got keen eyes. Worth having a look. Justina But you need good charts. Checking the magazine for the charts. I think you should be able to pick\u00a0 it out if you\u2019ve got good, keen eyesight and you\u2019re very sensitive at night. So when I was younger, oh, many, many moons ago, I could see with the naked eye, I\u2019d say now with glasses of can\u2019t, which is a shame but it doesn\u2019t take much binoculars, even low magnification binoculars will actually bring out Uranus extreme though. It is magnitude 5.6. So I say it\u2019s well worth seeing. Like Neptune<\/a>, it is small in the disk and there are subtle shadings. Some people have reported and astrophotographers reported. But the other thing with Uranus as well is that now it\u2019s rising in as the Sun sets and Saturn as the sun rises, is visible all night. So if you want to have prolonged observation of it and have got clear eyes and follow it from sort of rising through to setting, then have a seek out for the Moons. It\u2019s got five moons that are visible now. It depends on the size of the telescope, but you should be able to pick out Oberon and Titania and Ariel reasonably easily. I would say an 8-inch telescope at least. But Umbriel and Miranda are the harder ones Umbriel because it is fainter and Miranda because it\u2019s fainter but it\u2019s very close to the disk as well, but well-worth having a go out. So I think it took me a while before I eventually got them. I remember I had a little chat\u2026 Well I sent a\u2026 well I did what everybody else did. I wrote to Patrick, I wrote to him and asked him had he seen the moons of Miranda, the five, and he talked a classic. I\u2019ve got the postcard back and it came back. \u201cYes, indeed I have with my 15-inch telescope. I\u2019ve seen all them, including Miranda.\u201d At that stage I had my 14-inch telescope and I couldn\u2019t get Miranda. Umbriel was even hard, but I couldn\u2019t get Miranda at all. But I\u2019m glad to say I now can get Miranda. So it\u2019s one of those things. But well worth having a look at if you got a large telescope to have a go at tracking these down and photographing them as well. So that\u2019s Uranus on 9th at opposition. So it\u2019s visible all night. Now the Moon was close by, as I said, on 8th, and it will be moving on and on 9th. It lies between the Pleiades<\/a> and Aldebaran. And Aldebaran, of course, appears to be part of the Hyades star cluster. We know the separate. We know the Aldebaran is half the distance of the actual cluster itself. So it\u2019s nothing like the distance but the moon on the night lies between them. So I think I love that when there is conjunctions, sort of thing, with deep sky objects like that. So that\u2019s the evening of the 9th. And so if you look carefully, you will notice two stars close to it. Now, for scientific reasons, these sort of events close to full Moon are hardly ever picked upon because it is very difficult to get the data. But visually, there\u2019s no reason why you shouldn\u2019t try to get them. The two stars are 37 and 39 Tauri and the Moon will occult them. They\u2019re also known by the way as A1 and A2 Tauri. But I prefer to go with the numerals myself, 37 and 39. So the thing about this is that have a look at them start looking from 7:30pm. The easiest thing to do is find the Moon, cause the Moon will be getting close. And if you see two stars to the left at a slight angle, bingo, you\u2019ve got the two stars. So watch as the moon covers them. It will be on the bright edge of the disk. I mean, this is nearly full moon. Of course, he just two days from fall. But the reappearance does occur in the dark limits. A very slim dark limb really, but well worth having a go. You never know if you see it, you\u2019re watching the motion of the moon, aren\u2019t you Ezzy.<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>And will that be visible with the naked eye?<\/p>\n

Paul<\/strong> No. In the night the Moon will be naked eye. I said that, sir, but the stars no. Binoculars, whether the moonlight will wash them out. I\u2019m not sure\u00a0 because I have actually forgotten the magnitude of these.\u00a0 I think they are around about 5 or 6 magnitude so technically they\u2019re naked eye. But the thing is if you use a telescope you should be be able to pick those two stars out. 37 is slightly brighter than 39 and it\u2019s the more northern of the actual pair of stars. So, you know, just for fun, just have a go see if you can see them. I say, getting the details for scientific research, they prefer it when the Moon, in actual fact, is not at such a full phase. It\u2019s a lot harder to see them at full phase. But I always like to have a go. You never know what you might be able to spot. So the next day evening, so therefore 10th, the Moon then is to the upper right of Mars<\/a>. Now Mars is steadily creeping closer to opposition. It will be next month. So he\u2019s getting brighter and bigger and a telescope as well. So the moon gives you a good guide on 10th to being the upper right of Mars. Then on the 11th it lies to the left of the Red Planet. So about 9:00 for these \u2013 allow them time to get a bit higher in the actual sky. So it\u2019s a lot easier to actually view. But I say we\u2019re getting excited because Mars is heading back towards opposition. We waited nearly two years for this. So astrophotographers like Damian Peach, etc. are getting some great pictures already. I\u2019m I\u2019m not envious at all. Me, me. I\u2019m not envious at all. No, no. Well, they\u2019re absolute\u2026 They are the experts out there and getting these pictures. Absolutely stunning. And to finish the week off the moon then carries on from Taurus, because remember, Mars is in Taurus and it moves into Gemini. And on the late evening of 13th in forms I like these triangles. It forms a triangle. Castor and Pollux, the twins that make up Gemini. But if you look so to the lower right of the moon sort of thing from Pollux, you can actually also see Kappa Geminorum. And the Moon almost lies on a line between the two stars themselves. And that\u2019s around about 10:00 ish on that particular evening of 13th. Just to end the week\u2019s events off.<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>As you said, there are lots of things going on there. On 7th November, you\u2019ve got Ceres passing through a triplet of galaxies in Leo at about 3:00 in the morning, and then throughout the rest of the week you have the Moon travelling by a whole range of interesting targets. You\u2019ve got Uranus on 8th, the Pleiades and Aldebaran on 9th November. From 10th to 11th it\u2019ll be near Mars. And finally on 13th, it will be near Castor and Pollux in Gemini. So a great week for watching the Moon as it travels across the night sky. So thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us about those, Paul.<\/p>\n

Paul <\/strong>It\u2019s a pleasure.<\/p>\n

Ezzy<\/strong>\u00a0If you want to keep up to date with the best things to see in the night sky every week, be sure to subscribe to the podcast and we hope to see you here next week. If you want to find out even more spectacular sites that will be gracing the night sky throughout the month, be sure to pick up a copy of BBC Sky at Night Magazine where we have a 16 page pull out Sky Guide with a full overview of everything worth looking up for. Whether you like to look at the moon, the planets, or the deep sky, whether you use binoculars, telescopes or neither, our sky guide has got you covered with the detailed star charts to help you track your way across the night sky. From all of us here at BBC Sky and Night Magazine. Goodbye.<\/p>\n

Chris<\/strong> Thank you for listening to this episode of the Star Diary podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine. For more of a podcast, visit our website at skyatnightmagazine.com<\/a> or head to ACast, iTunes or Spotify.<\/p>\n

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