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What’s Up November 2017

What’s Up For November?

Dawn pairing of Jupiter and Venus, Moon shines near star clusters, meteor activity all month long!

This month binoculars will come in handy–to view the moon, star clusters, and a close pairing of Venus and Jupiter.

You can’t miss bright Venus in the predawn sky. This month Venus pairs up with Jupiter on the morning of November 13th.

The Leonids peak on a moonless November 17th. Expect no more than 10 meteors an hour around 3:00 a.m., the height of the shower.

The Northern and Southern sub-branches of the Taurid meteor shower offer sparse counts of about 5 meteors per hour, but slow, bright meteors are common.

The nearby November Orionids peak on the 28th. In contrast to the Taurids, the Orionids are swift. But don’t expect more than 3 meteors per hour.

The moon glides by three beautiful star clusters in the morning sky this month, and a pair of binoculars will allow you to see the individual stars in the clusters. Aim your binoculars at the Pleiades and the moon on the 5th.

Then aim at the Messier or M-35 cluster and the moon on the 7th and the Beehive cluster and the moon on the 10th.

Meanwhile, at dusk, catch Saturn as it dips closer to the western horizon and pairs up with Mercury on the 24th through the 28th.

Also, Comet C/2017 O1 should still be a binocular-friendly magnitude 7 or 8 greenish object in November. Use Polaris, the North Star as a guide. Look in the East to Northeast sky in the late evening.  

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The Peak Leisure Club Hong Kong.  1982-1983 Architects: Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid

Just putting some finishing touches on this piece of Mor and Awyr. Dr Martins watercolors and Deleter 2 white ink with faux sable brushes on Arches hot press watercolor paper.

Morpheus Hotel, Cotai, Macao,

Dame Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher Architects

R137, um aglomerado de estrelas massivas na Grande Nuvem de Magalhães. Este aglomerado abriga a estrela mais massiva conhecida com 315 massas solares. . R136, a massive star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This cluster harbors the most massive star known to date with 315 solar masses. . Credit: NASA/Hubble . #nasa #lmg #gnm #massive #massivo #maior #most #astronomia #astronomy #galaxy #galaxia #r136 #tarantula #nebulosa #nebula #astrogram #core #centro #instagood #picoftheday #315 #tbt https://www.instagram.com/p/Br5r0wThI9P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fkq4j8ypq6dt

Old Dominion Building 😎

65 Irving Place, New York, NY ($21.5 million USD)

Zaha Hadid in her London office in 1985. Photo by Christopher Pillitz.