EarthSky News - Nov 26 - Underground Water Ice on Mars

November 26 Underground Water Ice on Mars by:

Vast underground water ice on Mars Water ice can't persist on Mars surface in the region of Utopia Planitia, about halfway from Mars' equator to its pole. But researchers say there's water in a vast frozen lake underground. See it! Moon sweeps past Jupiter In late November 2016, the waning moon took aim on Jupiter in the predawn sky. It swept closest to it on the morning of November 25. Photos from around the world, here. Where's the moon? Waning crescent Next new moon is November 29 at 12:18 UTC. Star of the week: Mira the wonderful This star in the constellation Cetus varies in brightness over about 11 months.  Its next brightness maximum is due in early 2017. Tonight … Use Cassiopeia to find Andromeda galaxy The moon is mostly out of the sky now. Today and tomorrow we'll give you 2 different ways to locate the Andromeda galaxy, the next-nearest large spiral galaxy.

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TONIGHT Use Cassiopeia to find Andromeda galaxy One half of the W of Cassiopeia is more deeply notched than the other half. This deeper V is your "arrow" in the sky, pointing to the Andromeda galaxy.

today's Image See it! Moon sweeps past Jupiter In late November, the waning moon took aim on Jupiter in the predawn sky. It swept closest to it yesterday morning. Photo: Azya Matsumoto in Malaysia. More pics from around the world. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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