Transcript ISS Sighting Opportunities

Space News Update
- November 1, 2013 In the News
Story 1:
Galaxy Growth Examined Like Rings of a Tree
Story 2:
Suzaku Study Points to Early Cosmic 'Seeding'
Story 3:
Scientists Discover the First Earth-Sized Rocky Planet
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
Galaxy Growth Examined Like Rings of a
Tree
Suzaku Study Points to Early Cosmic
'Seeding'
Scientists Discover the First Earth-Sized
Rocky Planet
The Night Sky
Friday, November 1
Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star, shines at its highest in the south after
dinner at this time of year. Fomalhaut is often called "lonely"
because it's so far from any other 1st-magnitude star. It's near the
bottom of the Great Water, the enormous expanse of autumn sky
filled with dim water-themed constellations.
Saturday, November 2
A partial eclipse of the Sun will be in progress as the Sun rises on
Sunday morning for the Eastern Seaboard of North America and
points inland. The partial eclipse happens in the daytime on Sunday
for Africa, the Middle East, southernmost Europe, and elsewhere.
The eclipse is total for a narrow track crossing the Atlantic and
Equatorial Africa. See our article Partial Solar Eclipse Sunday
Morning, Nov. 3. It includes links for local predictions.
Daylight-saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning for most of
North America. Clocks fall back an hour. When planning for the
sunrise eclipse, be sure that your expected sunrise time andyour
clocks are both in standard time!
Sky & Telescope
Sunday, November 3
See the item about today's solar eclipse above.
Jupiter's moon Io casts its tiny shadow onto Jupiter tonight from 12:39 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time to 1:53 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time. (A self-adjusting clock will make the switch at 2:00 a.m. your local daylight time.) Europa
disappears into eclipse by Jupiter's shadow just west of the planet around 1:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
New Moon (exact at 7:50 a.m. Eastern Standard Time).
Monday, November 4
Look high in the northeast after dark for Cassiopeia standing on end. Before the Moon starts to brighten the
evening sky in a few days, tour some of Cassiopeia's star clusters and nebulae;
ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
Date
Visible
Max Height
Appears
Disappears
Fri Nov 1, 6:39 PM
< 1 min
11°
11 above SW
10 above SSW
Sun Nov 10, 5:29 AM
3 min
30°
10 above SSW
29 above ESE
Mon Nov 11, 4:42 AM
3 min
17°
10 above S
17 above ESE
Mon Nov 11, 6:17 AM
< 1 min
15°
10 above WSW
15 above WSW
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
November 1, Friday
3 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 38/39 Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan JSC via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels)
November 4, Monday
12 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 38/39 Crew Activities and Soyuz TMA-11M Rocket
Mating in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels)
1 p.m. - NASA Social - Preview Upcoming NASA Earth Science Missions - JPL (Public and
Education Channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
Space Calendar
Nov 01 - SES-8 Falcon 9 Launch
Nov 01 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Nov 01 - Comet 184P/Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (0.868 AU)
Nov 01 - Comet 259P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 20 Massalia At Opposition (8.7 Magnitude)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 2305 King Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 336698 Melbourne Closest Approach To Earth (2.192 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.429 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 39415 Janeausten Closest Approach To Earth (3.144 AU)
Nov 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 84522 (2002 TC302) At Opposition (44.587 AU)
Nov 02 - [Oct 28] ATV-4 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere
Nov 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #363 (OTM-363)
Nov 02 - Comet 285P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.364 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet C/2013 S1 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.019 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 6028-00309-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults 2UCAC 27007662 (12.5 Magnitude Star)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (0.643 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 2912 Lapalma Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 228029 MANIAC Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 10806 Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (2.460 AU)
Nov 03 - [Oct 27] Hybrid Solar Eclipse
Nov 03 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 4576 Yanotoyohiko Occults HIP 47205 (5.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.465 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 2843 Yeti Closest Approach To Earth (1.403 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 7470 Jabberwock Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.817 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.434 AU)
Nov 03 - 40th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus & Mercury Flyby Mission)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 616 Elly Occults HIP 50384 (5.8 Magnitude Star)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 1631 Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (1.070 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 2713 Luxemburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.907 AU)
JPL Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Antarctic Sea Ice Takes Over More Of The Ocean Than Ever Before
Space Image of the Week
Happy Halloween from SWARM
Image Credit: V.A. Ridley