The January night sky
by Alan Pickup from on (#27A2W)
What to look out for in the first weeks of the new year, including the Quadrantid meteors
The crescent Moon stands between the brilliant evening star Venus and the much fainter Mars on the 2nd. Look for them in the constellation Aquarius some 20 high in the SSW as night falls. At the same time, Orion is rising in the E, below Taurus and the Pleiades, while the "W" of Cassiopeia lies overhead in the Milky Way.
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