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  1. The Equatorial edition of TESM plus translated versions will become available in coming days.
  2. The Evening Sky Map (PDF) for December 2009 Northern & Southern hemisphere editions are available now. http://Skymaps.com/download...
  3. Nov 24: First Quarter Moon at 21:38 UT/GMT.
  4. Nov 23: Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 19h UT/GMT. Mag. -2.3.
  5. Nov 22: Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 20h UT/GMT (distance 404,733 km; angular size 29.7').
  6. Nov 21: Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower peaks at 15:25 UT/GMT. Radiant near Procyon. Enhanced activity predicted. http://short.to/xv38
  7. 17 Nov: Leonid meteor shower peaks at 9h UT/GMT. Enhanced activity predicted 21-22h UT/GMT on 17 Nov. http://short.to/wrdx
  8. 16 Nov: New Moon at 19:13 UT/GMT. Start of lunation 1075.
  9. 14 Nov: Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 12h UT/GMT.
  10. 12 Nov: Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT/GMT. Mag. +1.1.
  11. 12 Nov: Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball. http://cli.gs/7n1BJ
  12. 10 Nov: Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 13h UT/GMT.
  13. 9 Nov: Last Quarter Moon at 15:56 UT/GMT.
  14. 9 Nov: Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 14h UT/GMT. Mag. +0.3.
  15. 8 Nov: Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) (99° from Sun, morning sky) at 23h UT/GMT.
  16. 7 Nov: Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7h UT/GMT (368,903 km; 32.9').
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  18. 5 Nov: Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 8h UT/GMT. The planet passes into the evening sky.
  19. 5 Nov: Taurid (south) meteor shower peaks. Active between 25 Sept and 25 Nov. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke. http://is.gd/4LUzH
  20. 4 Nov: Moon near the Pleiades open star cluster (morning sky) at 5h UT/GMT .