This is not intended to be comprehensive - it is a quick guide to help you find a few things in the night sky without any equipment - just your eyes.
All of these are very bright and easy to find when walking around the village.
The planets
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Venus and is morning object in the east. It is very bright rising before sunrise - so be careful if you do use binoculars - do not use these at sunrise as you will damage your eyes.
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Mercury is also a morning object next to Venus
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Saturn is in the south at sunset and sets in the west.
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Jupiter rises at sunset about 4.00pm in the East and is in the south sky all night.
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The Moon is full on the 21st rising about 1pm in the East.
There are an International Space Station pass on the 6th of January - starting at 7:12pm and ends at Orion.
The Quadrantids meteor shower can be seen this month - it can only be seen after midnight with its peak at 4am on the 4th January - there could be around 60 - 200 meteors an hour. Get a chair and sit outside and just look up with your back to the Moon
I have made or found the following charts to help you find: -
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6th Space Station pass
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9th Venus and the Moon
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14th Moon and Saturn
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18th Moon and Jupiter
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Orion and the Winter Triangle
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The Moon Phases