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11/23/11 – Ephemeris – Where are the bright planets this week?

November 23, 2011

Wednesday, November 23rd.  The sun will rise at 7:49.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 18 minutes, setting at 5:08.   The moon, 2 days before new, will rise at 7:09 tomorrow morning.

It’s Wednesday and time again to take a look at the whereabouts of the bright planets.  The planet Venus is still rather close to the sun in the evening setting at 6:33, and should be visible by 5:45 low in the southwest. Jupiter is now the prominent planet of the evening sky located in the  southeast and is seen against the stars of the constellation Aries.  It will pass due south at 10:33 p.m.  In a telescope it will be accompanied by its 4 brightest moons.  It will set at 5:18 a.m.. Mars will rise at 12:18 a.m in the east northeast and will be left of the star Regulus in the constellation Leo tomorrow morning.  [It is 128 million miles away and closing.]  Saturn will rise at 4:34 a.m. just to the left of the bright star Spica in the east southeast.

* Times, as always are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  Bracketed passage was omitted from the audio program due to time constraints.

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