Plan around the moon
A bright moon washes out faint stars. Pick a night to see the moon phase, how good the viewing will be and which cabins are free.
Worth staying up for
Northern-hemisphere evening sky, November to January.
Andromeda Galaxy
High overhead after dark
Saturn and its rings
South-west in the evening
Pleiades star cluster
Rising in the east after 7 PM
Leonid meteor shower
Peaks around 17 November
Geminid meteor shower
Peaks around 13–14 December
Orion Nebula
Rises late evening
What to bring
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