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This Week’s Sky at a Glance, November 8 – 17

November fireballs? Each year from roughly late October through mid-November, a dazzling Taurid meteor just might take you by surprise in the night. If you get very lucky. Normally the broad, weak, South and North Taurid meteor showers sputter along with maybe 5 or 10 ordinary little meteors visible per hour even under ideal moonless […]

This Week’s Sky at a Glance, November 1 – 10

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ■ November fireballs? Every year from roughly late October through mid-November, a truly dazzling Taurid meteor just might take you by surprise in the night. If you get very lucky. A Taurid fireball caught streaking over Skibotn, Norway, in 2020. Medisilvanus / Wikimedia Commons Normally the broad, weak, South and North Taurid […]

This Week’s Sky at a Glance, October 25 – November 3

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (pronounced “tzeh-chin-SHAHN”) continues to shrink and fade as it recedes into the distance in the western sky right after nightfall. It’s still a fine target for binoculars and telescopes, moderately high in Ophiuchus in moonless darkness. See Bob King’s latest update, Grab Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS by the Tail, including a finder chart running through […]