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November nights perfect for stargazing

May's conjunction of the waxing crescent moon and Venus captured at Whitby Abbey. Photo credit: Astro Dog.

Night sky has plenty to offer this month

Incredible aurora display at Stonehenge captured in May 2024. It also features a bright fireball meteor (shooting star) top left. Photo: Astro Dog.

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The Northern Lights, as seen over France earlier this year

Northern Lights to stun UK tonight - best time to see them

A full beaver moon rising behind St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor in 2017

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Meteors of the Orionid meteor shower, as seen from Lebanon in 2021

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The Northern Lights as seen over Whitley Bay, in England's North East, last year

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A Hunter's supermoon in 2024, as seen from California

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Saturn (right) and Jupiter as seen from Los Angeles, California in 2020

Saturn will be visible to the naked eye this weekend - how to spot it

A total 'blood moon' lunar eclipse as seen from Glastonbury in 2015

Total 'blood moon' eclipse due this weekend - how to see it
Your next chance to see this unusual spectacle may be quite some time away 🌕
Amber Allott

The Northern Lights as seen from Herne Bay in Kent last October

Tips to spot the Northern Lights tonight as aurora appears in UK skies

A composite photo of 15 Perseid meteors seen over the US back in 2018

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A sturgeon super moon sets in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2023

How to see 'stunning' Sturgeon Moon as it rises over UK this weekend

Brilliant photo of the Northern Lights above Dalby Forest, captured by Astro Dog.

Astro Dog to give talk at Scarborough's Big Ideas by the Sea festival

Simon Scott and Nicole Carr, who run the Astro Dog astrology business.

Scarborough-based astronomy business Astro Dog talk about love of the night sky

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Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years

How to see Jupiter’s closest approach to earth in 59 years

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