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    Environment & Science

    Watching the Skies with Brad Klein: November 20-27 - the planets of November

    LehighValleyNews.com | By Brad Klein
    Published November 20, 2023 at 6:00 AM EST
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    Watching the skies with Brad Klein

    BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Brad Klein reviews the week’s astronomical highlights with Bethlehem’s "Backyard Astronomy Guy," Marty McGuire.

    This week they discuss the three planets visible in the November sky.

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    Saturn is close to the moon tonight. You’ll need binoculars or a small telescope to make out the rings.

    Saturn is easy to pick out, since it’s quite close to the first quarter moon tonight. Just after sunset, Saturn is close to the moon in the southern sky.

    Jupiter stays above the horizon all night long, rising in the East and Setting in the west. Jupiter is visible all night long ‘moving’ east to west.

    And Venus, the morning star, is for early risers. It’s visible just before dawn in the eastern Sky.

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    Brad Klein
    I was a founding member of the WLVR News team in 2019, bringing more than 20 years of experience in radio journalism, podcast, and video production. I’ve had a role in a number of long-running programs at NPR, MSNBC and WNYC. A founding producer of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday,” I played similar start-up roles for NPR’s Weekly Edition, MSNBC’s Edgewise, Public Radio International’s Satellite Sisters and even as a writer on one of the early pilot episodes of the news/comedy show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. I’ve also worked as a reporter, producer, and director for National Public Radio News programs including Weekend Edition and All Things Considered. An avid naturalist, I lead educational programs for the American Museum of Natural History and Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
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