Nov 6 - Imagine Seeing This!

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Artist's concept of Venus - brightest planet visible from Earth and a dazzling light low in the west after sunset now - in contrast to the brightness of giant planet HR 5183b. Image via UC Riverside.

Giant planet HR 5183b would look 15 times brighter than Venus Earlier this year, astronomers discovered a huge planet in a highly eccentric orbit orbiting the star HR 5183, located 103 light-years away. The presence of such a planet was thought to preclude stable orbits for Earth-like planets in the same system. A new study shows – on the contrary – that Earth-like worlds can exist in this system. If one does, and if it’s inhabited, its citizens will witness a spectacular event every 75 years, whenever the giant planet HR 5183b is closest to its star. At such times, the giant planet would appear unlike anything we’ve ever seen, 15 times brighter in the sky than Venus! Read more. This ancient rhino roamed the Yukon Fossils suggest that a long-extinct cousin of today’s rhinoceroses tromped through the forests of Northwest Canada roughly 8 to 9 million years ago. Read more. Don't miss ...  Transit of Mercury on November 11 Our solar system's innermost planet, Mercury, will pass directly in front of the sun on Monday, November 11. It'll be visible through telescopes with solar filters as a small black dot crossing the sun’s face. The last transit of Mercury was in 2016. The next one won’t be until 2032. This post describes who will see it, how to watch in the sky or online, equipment needed, transit times. Read more.

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Tonight … Peer out our galaxy’s south window Tonight, try using the Great Square of Pegasus to find the star Fomalhaut. Once you’ve found Fomalhaut, you’re on your way to visualizing looking out the south window of our Milky Way galaxy. Read more.

Pleiades star cluster, aka Seven Sisters November is often called the month of the Pleiades - aka the Seven Sisters or M45 - because it's when the star cluster shines from dusk until dawn. You can easily find the Pleiades in your sky. To the eye, it looks like a tiny misty dipper of stars. Steve Pauken captured this image from his backyard in Winslow, Arizona, on Sunday. Thank you, Steve! Read more about the Pleiades, and share your photos with the EarthSky community.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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