Good frosty morning!
The nights are long, but that means the constellations are rising around 9pm and staying out for longer, with Orion, Leo and Virgo greeting you in the early morning hours. Constellations shift slowly westward with the seasons as Earth orbits the sun, which is why Orion is visible in the colder months and associated with winter in the northern hemisphere.
In the evening hours, there is one planet in the east that burns particularly bright, Jupiter. Another planet, Saturn, is also visible halfway up in the sky due south.
The full beaver moon (or in local Anishinaabe terminology, the "freezing-over moon") will be rising over the Northland this week. On November 15th you can expect it to rise at 4:06pm, and at 4:44pm on the 16th. Find your nearest eastern horizon and watch the freezing moon add to the frost the nights.
You can hear Astro Bob's Backyard Astronomy every other Tuesday at 8:20am on Northland Morning.
