What’s Up in Denver? November 24th through 30th, 2025

by Editor on November 23, 2025 with No Comments

Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.

November 24:

E-Board Meeting. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Bill Bradford

DAS E-Board Meeting: Virtual over Zoom (Check membership email and Slack for details): 7:00 PM

November 25:

As winter draws closer, look for the enormous Winter Hexagon asterism rising earlier and earlier in the southeast: This asterism connects Sirius, Procyon, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran, and Rigel and covers a vast portion of the winter night sky. This month it is joined by the bright gas giant, Jupiter: Around 11:00 PM

November 26:

Catch the waning crescent Cold Moon between M30 and M72, two globular clusters in the constellation Capricornus low in the southeastern sky around 8:00 PM

November 27 (Thanksgiving Day):

First quarter Cold Moon: 11:58 PM

November 28 (Black Friday):

The waxing gibbous Cold Moon reaches Ascending Node: 2:33 PM

November 29:

Catch the waxing gibbous Cold Moon next to Neptune and Saturn high in the southern sky in the constellation Pisces around 7:00 PM

November 30:

The Moon in between δ Piscium and 60 Piscium

Look for the waxing gibbous Cold Moon in between δ Piscium and 60 Piscium and flanked by three galaxies – NGC 240, NGC 250, and NGC 257 in the southeastern sky in Pisces around 6:00 PM

This Week’s Meteoric Activity:

You can keep track of the activity of meteor showers as well as those beyond the limits of visual observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal.

Leonids (LEO): Last hour before dawn in central Leo — 3 per hour.
Southern Chi Orionids (ORS): 1:00 AM in central Taurus — 1 per hour.
November Orionids (NOO): 2:00 AM in eastern Taurus — 1 per hour.
Andromedids (AND): 11:00 PM in southeastern Andromeda — Less than 1 per hour.
Southern Taurids (STA): 1:00 AM in western Taurus — Less than 1 per hour.
Omicron Eridanids (OER): 1:00 AM in northeastern Eridanus — Less than 1 per hour.
Monocerotids (MON): 2:00 AM in northeastern Orion — Less than 1 per hour.
Sigma Hydrids (HYD): 4:00 AM in central Canis Minor — Less than 1 per hour.
Eta Hydrids (EHY): 4:00 AM in eastern Canis Minor — Less than 1 per hour.
Alpha Monocerotids (AMO): 4:00 AM in southeast Canis Minor — Less than 1 per hour.
December Chi Virginids (XVI): Last hour before dawn in western Virgo — Less than 1 per hour.
December Sigma Virginids (DSV): Last hour before dawn in northwestern Virgo — Less than 1 per hour.