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Here's your Cosmic Pursuits newsletter for November 2024!
1. Comet C/2023 A3 lived up to expectations last month and still lingers in the evening sky. But the potentially spectacular sungrazing Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) disintegrated on Oct. 28 as it made a close pass of the Sun. Still, November has plenty in store with longer nights for northern stargazers while southern-hemisphere stargazers now enjoy the warmer nights of spring. Two meteor showers arrive
this month, while bright Mars and brilliant Jupiter dominate the sky after midnight.Here's what to see in the Night Sky This Month...
2. Here are a few of the best images of Comet C/2023 A3 captured last month by photographers around the world.
3. Time for some hands-on stargazing! Grab your optics and let's head outside to see three unusual and dazzling star clusters along the Milky Way.
4. Astronomers suspect that 70% of the meteorites that fall on Earth come from
just three collisions in the asteroid belt over the past many millions of years.
5. And finally, one for cat lovers - does the waning gibbous Moon drive cats temporarily crazy?
And the astronomy quote of the month:
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”
- Stephen Hawking
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Wishing you clear skies!
Brian Ventrudo
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