Uranus at opposition is November 13, 2023. At this time, it's brightest for the year and visible to the eye under optimum conditions. Here's how to see it.
What are red giants? Most main-sequence stars, like our sun, will become one. Red giants swell to such a large size they can swallow their inner planets.
Giant Jupiter is closest to Earth for 2023 on November 1-2. Then Earth will fly between the sun and Jupiter - bringing Jupiter to opposition - on November 2-3.
November 3 brings the year's earliest solar noon - that is, earliest midday - by nature's clock. It's a harbinger of the Northern Hemisphere's earliest sunset.
Jupiter's perihelion, closest point to the sun in 2023, is on November 1-2. The distance between the sun and Jupiter will be 369,964,113 miles (595,399,525 km).
Find the date and time of the Northern Hemisphere's full Hunter's Moon for October 2021, and learn why this moon brightens the evening for a string of days.