The Sky This Month: October-November 2004

All times are in local time, EDT until October 30, EST beginning October 31

Oct 20	Wed	04:22 PM	First quarter Moon
Oct 20	Wed	11:00 PM	Orionid meteors peak
Oct 27	Wed	11:07 PM	Full Moon
Oct 27/28	Wed/Thu	08:06 PM-02:03 AM	Total Lunar Eclipse/OSC Star Party http://members.rogers.com/ggaherty/lunareclipse20041028.htm
Oct 30/31	Sat/Sun		Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 4	Thu	04:00 PM	Venus 0.6° N of Jupiter
Nov 4	Thu	11:00 PM	S. Taurid meteors peak
Nov 5	Fri	00:53 AM	Last quarter Moon
Nov 5	Fri	06:28 AM-08:22 AM	Double shadow transit on Jupiter (Europa and Ganymede)
Nov 8-11	Mon-Thu		Deep sky observing (1st clear night)
Nov 9	Tue	10:57 AM-12:01 PM	Moon occults Jupiter
Nov 9	Tue	09:00 PM	Venus 0.2° N of Moon
Nov 10	Wed	11:00 PM	Mars 0.5° N of Moon
Nov 12	Fri	09:27 AM	New Moon
Nov 13	Sat	10:00 PM	Mercury 0.9° N of Moon
Nov 15, 16, 18	Mon Tue Thu		City observing (1st clear night)
Nov 17	Wed	03:25 AM	Leonid meteors peak

Triangulum, Aries, Pisces, Cetus, Sculptor

Object	Designation	Constellation	Details
Double	DS-5 Gamma	Aries	mag 4.8 4.8/sep 7.8"/pa 0° Mesarthim *****
Double	DS-7 Alpha	Pisces	mag 4.2 5.1/sep 1.8"/pa 272° Alrisha ****
Double	DS-11 Gamma	Cetus	mag 3.5 7.3/sep 2.8"/pa 294° ****
Variable	0214-03 Omicron	Cetus	Mira/mag 3.4 - 9.3 /332d Mira http://www.aavso.org/charts/CET/OMI_CET/OMICET-A.GIF http://www.aavso.org/charts/CET/OMI_CET/OMICET-B.GIF
Variable	0231+33 R	Triangulum	Mira/mag 6.2 - 11.7/267d http://www.aavso.org/charts/TRI/R_TRI/RTRI-A.GIF http://www.aavso.org/charts/TRI/R_TRI/RTRI-B.GIF http://www.aavso.org/charts/TRI/R_TRI/RTRI-D.GIF
Variable	0242+17 T	Aries	Semi-Regular/mag 8.3 - 10.9/317d http://www.aavso.org/charts/ARI/T_ARI/TARI-B.GIF http://www.aavso.org/charts/ARI/T_ARI/TARI-D.GIF
Galaxy	M33	Triangulum	mag 5.7/sb 14.2 2.8 million ly Pinwheel Galaxy **
Galaxy	M74	Pisces	mag 9.4/sb 14.4 30 million ly The Phantom ****
Galaxy	M77	Cetus	mag 8.9/sb 13.2 50 million ly Cetus A ****
Galaxy	NGC253	Sculptor	mag 7.2/sb 13.2 10 million ly Sculptor Galaxy *****