Best Night Sky Events of January 2023

[Makuser]

Hi all. Here is the latest report from Starry Night Software and Chris Vaughan, at Space.com. It provides information on several interesting observing opportunities throughout the month of January. Here are just a few: Tuesday, January 3 - Gibbous Moon Passes Mars (all night), Wednesday, January 4 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak (before dawn), Friday, January 6 - Dual Shadows Cross Jupiter (from 00:50 to 02:32 GMT), Sunday, January 8 - Asteroid Pallas at Opposition (all night), Thursday, January 12 - Mars Stands Still (all night), Monday, January 16 - The Pleiades (all night), Friday, January 20 - Jupiter at Perihelion (all day), Sunday, January 22 - Venus Kisses Saturn (after sunset), Monday, January 23 - Uranus Pumps the Brakes (evening), Tuesday, January 24 - Crescent Moon Passes Neptune and Vesta (evening), Thursday, January 26 - The Hyades Cluster (all night), Monday, January 30 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (before sunrise), and much more. It also includes lots of other interesting pictures, maps, charts, and information including excellent planet positions and data for this month:
https://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html
I hope this helps with your observing plans and that it is useful to you. Thanks for looking, and the best of wishes for many clear night skies.

[messier 111]

thx.

[Unitron48]

Thanks, Marshall! Looks like we'll miss the Quadrantids this year...rain!!

Dave