NovemberSkyGuide224
From Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast by Brendan O'Brien: Astronomers, Astrophysicists & Space Scientists
October 31, 2025 · 28 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the November sky highlights for planetary observation, comets, and an astrophotography challenge.
Our MP3 files can be freely streamed or downloaded free to your favorite device from our SoundCloud channel, from Pocketcasts, Spotify, our free Amazon Audible stream, YouTube podcasts and Apple Podcasts. Listen: Viewing Highlights Both morning & Evening skies are good for planets Evening Skies: Mars is very low in NW skies setting about an hour after sunset. Mercury is above Mars also down in the Sun’s glare. Mercury and Mars are 1° apart on 13 November Saturn is high in the NE, the rings are almost edge on, but becoming more obvious over the next few years until they reach maximum tilt again in 2032. Uranus, high near Pleiades, binocular viewing. Morning Skies: Jupiter (and its 4 Galilean moons) is always beautiful to look at, and can be seen for about 4 hours from about 2am till sunrise Comets: C/2023 R2 Swann – currently in Aquarius, fading, about Mag 5.6, high in evening skies, binoculars C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) – Magnitude 4, near horizon, so difficult. Leonid Meteor shower will be quite poor this year, despite the absence of the moon ☹ Astrophotography Challenge 1. Take photos of the moon at apogee and at perigee using the same camera settings to measure the difference in the…
People in this episode
Host: Brendan O'Brien
Topics covered
- planetary observation
- comets
- meteor showers
- astrophotography
- sky viewing
Keywords
- Mars
- Mercury
- Saturn
- Jupiter
- Uranus
- Leonid Meteor shower
- C/2023 R2 Swann
- C/2025 A6 Lemmon
- astrophotography
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SoundCloud, Pocketcasts, Spotify, Amazon Audible, YouTube, Apple Podcasts
Books & works: Comet Atlas, Lunar X
Places: Aquarius, NE, NW
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