Today:
Along with the trees now barren of leaves, and occasional early skimmings of snow, early November welcomes a classic object into the late Autumn skies. More than one third of the way up from the eastern horizon, you’ll catch a smudge or cluster of stars, tightly packed together, called the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades. For the best views, look slightly away from them, allowing their faint light to strike a more sensitive part of your eye.
Thursday:
Looking due east, two-thirds of the way up from the horizon at 7:15 PM, the middle star of Andromeda marks her waist, joined by a star to the upper right for her head, and her foot to the lower left. Follow two stars up from her waist to find a faint smudge of light, the Andromeda Galaxy.
Friday:
Later this evening in the western skies, the constellation Cygnus, the Swan is low in the northwest about 9:45 PM. It is also called the Northern Cross, in part a reference to the Southern Cross – a bright constellation seen only from the tropics southward. The brightest star in the group is at the top of the cross, known as Deneb, which means “the tail” of the Swan in Arabic.