🌙 Moon

• Last Quarter: Nov 12 at 6:28 CET
• Nov 10: near Jupiter in Gemini
• After midnight on Nov 13, it rises close to the star Regulus in Leo, the closest approach being just after midnight, about 0.5° above the horizon

🪐 Planets

• Mercury (mag 1–3) – in conjunction with Mars, not observable (lost in the Sun’s glare)

• Venus (mag –3.9) – very bright morning star, low above the eastern horizon around 6:00 CET, requires a clear view to the east

• Mars (mag 1.5) – not observable, close to the Sun

• Jupiter (mag –2.4) – best seen after midnight, high above the southern sky in the early morning hours

• Saturn (mag 1) – excellent evening visibility, highest in the south after 20:00

  • Rings: inclination to Earth drops below 0.5° in November
  • Nov 14 around 19:45 CET: occultation of Titan by the planet begins

• Uranus (mag 5.6) – high in the east in the evening, about 4° below the Pleiades

• Neptune (mag 7.8) – near Saturn, about 4° to the left through a telescope

☀️ Solar Activity

• Solar activity is very high, especially in region AR4274, which shows mixed magnetic fields and strong flares
• Additional plasma ejections may cause auroras

Follow updates on Spaceweather.com, Solarham, and Spaceweatherlive. Sunspots: see SDO latest image and archive summary.

☄️ Comets

• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) – moving southward, disappearing from our skies; theoretically very low in Ophiuchus above the southwest after dusk

• C/2025 R2 (SWAN) – best visible evening comet, above Saturn in the head of Pisces

• Fainter comets for larger telescopes:

  • C/2025 T1 (ATLAS) in Hercules
  • C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) in Leo
  • 3I/ATLAS (interstellar) – in Virgo before dawn, brightness around 10 mag

💫 Meteors and Fireballs

• Fireballs have been observed recently, possibly related to the fading activity of the Taurids (fragments of comet 2P/Encke)

• The Leonid meteor shower activity is beginning:

  • a weak enhancement possible Nov 15 around 4:00 CET (particles from 1633 – very uncertain)
  • regular peak on Nov 17 (during daylight), though fast meteors from Leo can be seen at night; brighter ones may leave persistent trails
  • possible additional increase Nov 17 at 23:40 CET (particles from the 1699 return of comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle); in our region, the radiant (Leo’s head) is low above the horizon – any meteors may have very long trails

Author: Martin Gembec