Friday, November 20The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 12:50 P.M. EST. At that time, our satellite will be 252,040 miles (405,619 kilometers) from Earth. Already 60° high in the east by 8 P.M. local time is M33, the Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum. This lovely spiral glows at 6thContinue reading “The Sky This Week from November 13 to 20: The Leonids peak”
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