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Amateur astronomers certainly know about the upcoming close conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn, but the public might not. Download, print, and cut this handout into its four sections. Give to your friends an easy to carry sky map showing them what to expect over the next few weeks. They will be more astronomically aware!

Tuesday night November 10, why not attend the Global Star Party? It begins at 7 pm CST. ExploreScientific.com/live Scott Roberts... John Goss David Levy Dave Eicher and others!

With all the Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Uranus, and Neptune action in the evening sky, don't forget about Venus and Mercury in the morning. The next few mornings give a good time to spot the solar system's small planet, Mercury.

A planetary observing challenge! If it is clear sometime over the next few nights, and you want an observing challenge, how about spotting all the outer planets, plus one dwarf world? Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be easy to locate, while Ceres, Uranus, and Neptune will not be so easy. Here are directions and locator maps for finding the three dim worlds. Uranus will be the easiest of the three.... Good hunting!

Tune in to the Global Star Party. It begins Nov 4, 2020 7:00 PM Central Time ExploreScientific.com/live. Featuring appearances by Terry Mann, AL Secretary and former President, David Levy & Dave Eicher!

Observer Brian LeCompte reported On October.29th at 9:30 pm while observing the planet Neptune, I saw a faint object passing by the same field; it was moving too slow to be a satellite but moving just like an asteroid passing close to us. is there any way I can find out what that object was?

For the next seven weeks, keep looking in the southwest sixty minutes after sunset for Jupiter appearing to approach Saturn. From our Earthbound point of view, they seem to merge as a single point of light on Dec. 21. Of course, in three dimensional space they will still be 1/2 billion miles apart!

Global Star Party XVIII ! Meet Terry Mann, AL past president! Tuesday 27 Oct, 7 pm CDT ExploreScientific.com/live

November is a time for planets in both the morning and evening sky. Get out and look at Jupiter inching toward Saturn in the southwest sixty minutes after sunset. More on this in the next couple of weeks. And don't miss little Mercury popping up in the dawn sky.

Can't do astronomy because of covid? Attend the Global Star Party no. 17! Beginning 4 pm CDT, October 23 ExploreScientific.com/live

Tonight is another edition of the Global Star Party, beginning at 7 pm CDT. Cloudy where you are? Why not tune it! ExploreScientific.com/live... a few of the topics... Astrol poetry Importance of astronomy for youth Global Astronomy Door Prize questions

As has been said many times, this is a great program.

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