The 3245 year old seal on Tutankhamen’s tomb before it was broken, 1922.

Just laying on the couch, barely watching because they are on their phone: Libra, Aquarius

Watches a couple episodes, has a blanket or two, lots of snacks: Capricorn, Leo, Sagittarius, Virgo, Gemini, Pisces 

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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Inner Coffin from Burial of Nesenaset, Egyptian Art

Medium: Wood, paint, gesso

Rogers Fund, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

fire sun + fire moon = sun fire sun + earth moon = magma fire sun +air moon = electricity fire sun + water moon = beach

earth sun + earth moon = mountain earth sun + fire moon = camp fire  earth sun + air moon = sand earth sun + water moon = swamp 

air sun + air moon = sky air sun + fire moon = thunder air sun + earth moon = glass air sun + water moon = bubbles