The Night Sky this January! 1 Jan 2024 What to look out for in the night sky from Eynsham.

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

• 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.
• Mercury is also a morning object next to Venus
• Saturn is in the south at sunset and sets in the west.
• Jupiter rises at sunset about 4.00pm in the East and is in the south sky all night.
• 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: -

• 6th Space Station pass
• 9th Venus and the Moon
• 14th Moon and Saturn
• 18th Moon and Jupiter
• Orion and the Winter Triangle
• The Moon Phases