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This is a time of year when many of the conspicuous constellations
are low in the sky, or - depending on your time of observation - just
below the horizon, (the map is set for 9 pm in mid-November). Though
it never actually sets, the Southern Cross is upside down and barely
above the south point of the horizon. Scorpius, the most recognizable
of the winter constellations, is disappearing into the western
twilight, with the bright planet Jupiter and the scattering of bright
stars in Sagittarius close on its heels. By very late November, the
Sun will pass in front of Scorpius, the origin of the astrological
'Sun sign of Scorpio'. Nevertheless modern day astrologers claim
Scorpio to be October 23 to November 21, when the Sun is really in
Virgo and Libra, as they do not take into account a slow wobbling of
the Earth's axis.
On the other side of the sky, Orion, the most recognizable of the
summer constellations is just rising, with Canis Major to its right.
Leonid meteors may be visible in the early morning sky, Nov 15-20.
The Moon is in the evening sky November 11-24.
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