My Nov Observing Highlights!

SUN ATMOSPHERICS

* 2 Sun Pillars

* 6 Sundogs

* 1 Upper Tangent Arc

* 3 22* Sun Haloes

MOON ATMOSPHERICS

* 4 Very bright 22* and 40* Moon Haloes

* 5 Moon pillars. One of which is the best i have ever
seen.

*1 Moon Dog

OTHER

* 1 Aurora Display

* 5 Gegenschein Observations

*2 Observations of the Zodical Light

* 1 Naked eye sunspot

* Several stunning Taurid fireballs and high Taurid
meteor rates with over 100 seen in one night!

* A generous number of SOHO comet finds which brings
my total to 17 independant discoveries. Still waiting to
be first though.

* spent 21 hours 55 mins comet hunting bringing my total count to 865 hours 40 mins of searching.

Its been a good month although the weather has been very unpredictable. Who knows what December holds..

Clear skies

Who knows what December holds..

Clear skies

A beautiful Venusian apparition.

The Moon riding high along the ecliptic.

Saturn rising earlier in the evening.

Mars fading but still being glorious.

And generally some of the clodest and clearest nights of the year. Perfect for prowling through Orion and environs through binoculars.

Martin, nice to know you weren't idle :lol: So what would you claim was your highlight in November?

Thanks guys and thats a great December list there

As the main Nov highlight i would be divided between two things.

1) The ghostly Gegenschein and how much it has stretched as it has slowly moved eastward over the last 2 dark periods!

2) The comet searching which rewards me with many treasures each night and as taught me the sky in a way no book every could. I have learned so much from doing this and have seen many amazing transient phenomena that i would have otherwise missed had i not been doing this kind of observing. I guess this is the most important to me

Martin - I think you're slacking. That list is way shorter than October's. Please ensure you're December list is suitably long or we'll have to have words with you.

Dave

Martin,

great list as always. You are making those of us who rarely keep an observing log very ashamed :oops: :oops: :oops:

re: atmospherics: I picked up a copy of Walter Tape's "Atmospheric Halos" recently (part of the Antarctic Research series). Amazing pictures of all sorts of rare halo phenomena (e.g. the Tricker arcs, anthelion arcs, etc.).

spaceweather.com has a link today to a unique site on Lightning Sprites -- www.eurosprite.net . . . I love our atmosphere (but then we couldn't live without it!)

John