Tonight’s Sky Features Leonid Meteor Shower: November 2015 from the Hubble Space Telescope to Your Own Backyard

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Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets, and events.

Venus, Mars and Jupiter are still close in the pre-dawn sky this month. November 7, 2015 provides a treat with the three planets close to a waning crescent Moon.

Pisces high in the southern sky.

Aries is a dark constellation just to the east of Pisces is a dim constellation.

Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In November, the Leonid meteor shower promises around 40 meteors per hour (Musical track The Far River written by Jonn Serrie, from the album And the Stars Go With You courtesy of New World Music Ltd).

Leonid Meteor Shower November 17 and early morning of November 18, 2015 with as many as 40 meteors per hour.

The Triangulum galaxy is also known as M33.

M33 is visible in a dark sky with binoculars.



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Venus, Mars and Jupiter are still close in the pre-dawn sky this month. November 7, 2015 provides a treat with the three planets close to a waning crescent Moon.


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