Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead , but be sure toThere’s much to see in the night sky this week, from a rising full moon to a powerful meteor shower . However, take some time to look around after dark because there are so many celestial sights to see.
Although the waxing gibbous moon dominates the night sky, it will still be possible to glimpse the Pleiades between it and Jupiter. Look east after dark.This isn’t going to be a vintage year for the Geminids, which this year is peaking under the brightness of an almost full moon.
The twelfth and final full moon of 2024 and the third of fall in the northern hemisphere, the “Cold Moon” — also known as the “Long Nights Moon” and the “Moon Before Yule” — will rise with four bright lights around it. As it rises and twilight turns dark, you’ll see Capella in Auriga to its upper left, Pollux in Gemini to its lower left, Jupiter to its upper right, and Betelgeuse to its lower right.2023.
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