In my earlier posts about the Leonids meteor shower, I mentioned that you should be prepared for winter like conditions since in the northern latitudes they occur in the middle of November. Here in West Virginia, we got a big shot of winter in the form of snow. We were pretty much socked in with clouds and snow on the past two nights. Last night, we received several inches of snow. Thus, I have a big fat ZERO meteor sightings for this year's Leonids event. I be out on the next couple of nights, and there may be a chance that I can catch a few stragglers after the peak of the event. The next big shower is the Geminids Meteor Shower in December.
At least I will have the conjunction of Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon to look forward to near the end of the month of November to look forward to. They will make for a pretty site at the end of November and during the beginning of December. If you look now, you will see that Venus is slowly catching up with Jupiter on each successive night. Soon, they will both join up near the moon.
The best time to catch these two jewels in the sky will be during the evening hours, just before or after the sun sets.
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