Night sky, November 2020: What you can see this month [maps]

I tried to view Uranus last night with my 10x50 binoculars but that rising Great Pumpkin in the sky was very bright (Halloween evening) 🙂 I could see the star Mu Ceti in the field of view, that was interesting. The Moon just past apogee and some 400,000 km or more away while the star about 84 LY distance. Altocumulus clouds rolled in for the remainder. I checked ahead using Stellarium and Starry Night. Uranus and Mars are a bit more than 3-degree apart on the ecliptic, 14-Jan-21 near 2117 EST for my location. Both are in Aries. Using my 10x50 binoculars if the night is clear, I may be able to see both planets in the binocular field of view. Mars ends retrograde motion in Pisces on 15-Nov-2020 so will be moving eastward again through Pisces and into Aries, closing in on Uranus 🙂 The report calls attention to this retrograde motion ending, "Sunday, November 15 — Mars Reverses Direction (all night)".
 

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