November offers plenty for skywatchers, according to NASA's monthly What's Up guide. The Northern Taurids peak around November 12, producing about five meteors per hour under ideal conditions, with an occasional bright fireball.
On the mornings of November 15 and 16, look southeast before sunrise to see Mars and Jupiter just 1.2 degrees apart, a little more than the width of two full Moons. Jupiter is the brighter point; reddish Mars sits nearby. The Leonid meteor shower follows in the early hours of November 17 and 18, after moonset, with up to about 15 meteors per hour in dark skies.
Also this month, Voyager 1 is set to become the first human-made object one light-day from Earth. On November 24, a full supermoon rises in the east around sunset, the first of three in a row. For meteors, find a dark spot and let your eyes adjust for about half an hour.
Source: NASA Science, November 2, 2026 — https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-november-2026-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/
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