2011 November 18/19th (Friday Night)

WHAT TO SEE FROM ASTRONOMY IRELAND


ALL TIMES GMT

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Sunset  	16.25 (Fri)
Sunrise 	7.57 (Sat)
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Moonrise	00.09 (Fri)
Moonset		13.23(Fri)
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-----OVERVIEW

Leonids Meteor Shower

Binocular Comet Garradd

Great Red Spot at 20.20 (Fri)

ISS Pass at 6.18am(Sat)

43% waxing gibbous Moon

Mars Rises at 23.51 (Fri) and is just 7 degrees from the moon!

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot will be visible at 20.20 (Fri). 

Comet Garradd will be visible 35 degrees up from the western horison and will be about 7th magnitude (just beyond the reach of the naked eye, but great in binoculars!). It will appear just to the bottom left of the constellation Hercules.

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