What's in the Sky Tonight?

NOVEMBER 2025

Our Favorite Astronomical Binoculars for under $100

Celestron SkyMaster Giant 15x70 Binoculars with Tripod Adapter

Orion 15x70 Astronomy Binoculars with Tripod Adapter

Nov 2: Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

Nov 4, 5: Taurids Meteor Shower.
The Taurids is a long-running minor meteor shower producing only about 5-10 meteors per hour. It peaks this year on the the night of November 4. Unfortunately the glare form the full moon will hide most of the meteors this year.

Nov 5: Super Beaver Moon
November's Full Moon is traditionally called a Beaver Moon, after beavers that build their dams during this time of the year. In 2025, it is also the first of two Supermoons.

Nov 10: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

Nov 17/18: Leonid Meteor Shower
The Leonids shooting stars are visible from around November 6 to 30. They usually peak around November 17, with up to 15 meteors per hour. The Moon will be a slightly illuminated crescent and should not interfere much with the display.

Nov 20: Micro New Moon
The New Moon phase is the best time to explore the night sky. This is the one-and-only Micro New Moon of 2025, meaning the Moon is near its farthest point from Earth.

Nov 21: Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

Nov 29: Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

ASTRONOMY BINOCULARS
A mini telescope you can take anywhere

If you love sky gazing, you have to have a pair of astronomy binoculars! Binoculars are a fantastic alternative to telescopes—inexpensive, lightweight, and portable. For city dwellers where there is a lot of light pollution, binoculars are essential if you want to see much of anything.

Binoculars enlarge and brighten the beauty and immensity of the night sky. You can see the detail of the moon's craters, the phases of Venus, the moons and stripes of Jupiter, the awesome jewels that dot the Milky Way, nebulae, star clusters, and comets when they're passing near.

Our favorite astonomy binoculars is the Celestron SkGiyMaster Giant 15x70 Binoculars. These are excellent as well:

ANOTHER GREAT ASTRONOMICAL TOOL:

THE PLANISPHERE
A year-round, real-time sky map

A planisphere is a rotating star chart that allows you to dial in the entire visible sky for any day and time of the year and with great precision. It has been called an analog star computer and was considered magical in ancient times.

Planispheres show the brightest stars, constellations, notable galaxies and nebulae, as well as the path of the Milky Way. The plane of the ecliptic is also shown, which reveals the pathway of the planets as they appear to move across the night sky.

Purchase a planisphere for $7.95