| | November 11 Moon and Saturn Closest | | | |
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| | Synchronized telescopes put limits on mystery bursts | | A technological tango between 2 telescopes in the Australian outback has added an important piece to the puzzle of fast radio bursts. Read more. Tile 107 – nicknamed the Outlier – is part of the Murchison Widefield Array, a radiotelescope located in an extremely sparsely populated, flat, semi-arid terrain in Western Australia. Image via Pete Wheeler/ICRAR. | | | | What's the youngest moon you can see? | | It's rare to see a moon within 24 hours of new moon. This week, we received a couple of images of even-younger moons. What's the youngest moon you can see? Info and pics here. View larger. | Extremely young moon - just over 15 hours, caught in daylight - caught on November 8 by Sarah Nordin at Telok Kemang Observatory in Port Dickson, Malaysia. | | | | | |
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| | | Tonight … Moon, Saturn, Taurid meteors | Did you see the moon Saturday evening? If so, you'll find it has moved by Sunday evening with respect to Saturn. Around midnight, keep watching for North Taurid meteors. | | | | |
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| | Tips for watching Taurid meteors | The radiant point of November’s North Taurid meteor shower is in the constellation Taurus the Bull, near the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. | | |