8: Super bright Venus is near the crescent Moon in the predawn east. The Quadrantids, besides being hard to pronounce, are named after a former constellation that did not get used in the IAU approved 88 modern constellations. The gibbous Moon will interfere a bit with seeing fainter meteors. The Quadrantids are usually an above average shower with 40 meteors per hour from a dark site. 3-4, with increased activity a couple days before and after. Mid-month: Mercury is visible in the predawn east low to the horizon. Fomalhaut, the only bright star in its region of the sky, is relatively near Saturn.Īll month: Super-bright Venus is low in the pre-dawn east, dropping lower to the horizon as the weeks pass. It is brighter in the sky than any of the stars (except the Sun, of course).Īll month: Yellowish Saturn is in the evening western sky. It begins to be visible, although for a very short time, at the end of January in many parts of the world. Although the Milky Way is visible every night, in January the core of the Milky Way is not yet visible. This month: a hard-to-pronounce meteor shower, a constellation that requires a lot of imagination, and the Moon snuggles one planet after another.Īll month: Very bright Jupiter is high in the sky in the early evening. January 2024 celestial events, one by one. Welcome to our night sky monthly feature where we focus on easy and fun things to see in the night sky, mostly with just your eyes.
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