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In the western sky on Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, the very bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Harp will be descending the western sky. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)

The last week of January is an excellent time to try and see the Space Station. Even though it is travelling at around 28,000km per hour (17,500 mph), each pass will be visible for several minutes. Best ISS passes over UK (times may vary slightly depending on location) During October, there will be a number of passes of the International Space Station. Also known as the ISS, it is the largest artificial satellite in orbit around the Earth and appears as a bright point of light moving across the sky in a couple of minutes.Algol normally shines at magnitude 2.1, similar to the nearby star Almach (aka Gamma Andromedae). But while fully dimmed, Algol's brightness of magnitude 3.4 is almost identical to Rho Persei (or Gorgonea Tertia or ρ Per), the star sitting just two finger widths to Algol's lower right (or 2.25 degrees to the celestial south). The brilliant planet Venus will continue to dominate the eastern pre-dawn sky during November, even while it slowly drops sunward. At the beginning of the month, the magnitude -4.4 " morning star" will rise in southeastern Leo at around 3:30 a.m. local time. The star Altair in Aquila the Eagle shining several fist diameters to Vega's left has a magnitude value of 0.75, making it the 13th brightest star. Deneb in Cygnus the Swan will be located above and between the other two, rounding out the trio of hot white stars that form the Summer Triangle asterism. At magnitude 1.25, Deneb is the 20th brightest star.

When looking at faint objects such as stars, nebulae, the Milky Way and other galaxies it is important to allow your eyes to adapt to the dark – so that you can achieve better night vision. By contrast, June and July will bring ‘Super Moons’. These occur where the full Moon coincides with the Moon reaching its closest point to Earth in its orbit around our planet. The star Algol in the constellation of Perseus represents the glowing eye of Medusa from Greek mythology. Also designated Beta Persei, it is among the most accessible variable stars for skywatchers. If you're a fan of the Moon, then see the winning and shortlisted images in the 'Our Moon' category of the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, all featured in a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum. Stargazing TipsNeptune's westerly motion will be slowing as it readies to complete its retrograde loop next month. The planet will be easiest to see while it is highest in the sky during early evening. Much brighter Saturn will be shining about 24 degrees to Neptune's lower right (or celestial west). In a telescope, Neptune's tiny apparent disk will span 2.3 arc-seconds, but larger telescopes can also show Neptune's large moon Triton. The bright, waxing gibbous moon will hop past Neptune on Nov. 21-22. Skywatching terms

The planet will be setting in the west before 11 p.m. local time at month's end, but the earlier sunsets of autumn will deliver several hours of excellent evening viewing all month long. On Nov. 4, Saturn's westward retrograde motion through the stars of central Aquarius will slow to a stop as it completes a retrograde loop that began in June. It will spend the rest of November ramping up its eastward trek and slightly decreasing its 24-degree separation from Neptune to its east. On Wednesday evening, Nov. 29, sky-watchers east of the Mountain Time zone will have a special treat as the shadow of Io leads the Great Red Spot across Jupiter. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) Only the brightest stars are visible to our unaided eyes on moonlit-flooded nights. In the western sky on Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, 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). One night, while George was running a public night at the Brooklyn College Observatory in New York, the telescope was pointed right at Venus which — as now — was then displaying its delicate crescent shape. Yet one student gazing through the telescope eyepiece stubbornly insisted he was not looking at Venus, but at the moon instead. When George commented that the moon wasn't even in the sky, the student replied, "So what? Doesn't a telescope show you things you can't see without it?" November 24 – On the 24th, look for the nearly full moon close to giant Jupiter in the east after sunset. Some binoculars will be able to capture both of them in the same field of view.This month's banner image is 'M45' by Richard Sweeney. It is one of the shortlisted images from the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Do you have any images of the night sky? If so, why not share your photos via our Royal Observatory Astrophotography Facebook group. Visual Magnitude: This is the astronomer's scale for measuring the brightness of objects in the sky. The dimmest object visible in the night sky under perfectly dark conditions is about magnitude 6.5. Brighter stars are magnitude 2 or 1. The brightest objects get negative numbers. Venus can be as bright as magnitude minus 4.9. The full moon is minus 12.7 and the sun is minus 26.8. Bottom line: A sign of the changing season is the return of Sirius before sunup. Be the first from your latitude to see Sirius in the morning sky. Since Earth will be positioned between the sun and the planet on that date, Jupiter will rise at sunset, remain visible all night long, and set at sunrise. At opposition, Jupiter will approach 370.2 million miles, 595.8 million km, or 33.1 light-minutes from Earth, and it will shine at its maximum brightness for 2023 of magnitude -2.91.

As for meteor showers, we have two notable ones this month. The Draconids are active from 6 to 10 October, and peak on the night of 8 October when an average of 10 meteors per hour is expected. The Draconids are associated with the comet 21/P Giacobini-Zinner. This meteor shower, like other, carries a name after a constellation it appears to radiate from, in this case Draco. The second meteor shower active throughout the entire month and into November is the Orionids, which peak on the night of the 21st. On this night, an average of 25 meteors per hour is expected. This number sometimes varies, and in 2007 as many as 70 meteors per hour were recorded. This meteor shower is associated with the famous Halley's Comet, the only known comet that can re-appear twice during a human life. On November evenings, the Andromeda Galaxy is positioned very high in the eastern sky. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)The sky between Perseus and Cassiopeia hosts the Double Cluster, a pair of bright open star clusters that together cover a finger's width of the sky. They make a spectacular sight in binoculars (orange circle) or a telescope at low magnification.