Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).

Astronomical Events

Name: Moonlight Tolerant Stars (evening)
Start: 2024-11-21T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-22T00:00:00-05:00

November 2024
Moonlight Tolerant Stars (evening)

November 21, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – November 22, 2024 @ 12:00 am

Only the brightest stars are visible to our unaided eyes on moonlight-flooded nights. Early on Thursday evening, November 21, the very bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Harp will be descending the western sky. At magnitude 0.0, it’s the 5th brightest star in the entire sky (not counting our sun). The star […]