10 night sky events to see in November, from fiery meteor showers to a super ’beaver moon‘
Close approach of the moon and the Pleiades—November 6
Just after the full moon, the moon passes close to the Pleiades star cluster—also known as Messier 45—on the night of November 6. The two will appear less than a degree apart in the night sky—49 arcminutes, to be exact.
The Pleiades is an open star cluster made up of more than 1,000 hot, young stars. Known as the Seven Sisters, it forms one of the sky’s most recognizable patterns—even though only six of its brightest stars are typically visible to the naked eye.
The Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks — November 11–12
The second meteor shower of the month, the Northern Taurids, is expected to peak on the night of November 11 into the morning of November 12, per the American Meteorological Society. Like the Southern Taurids, this meteor shower is relatively weak, with an average rate of just five shooting stars per hour. When the two showers overlap as they do in 2025, however, the odds of bright fireballs increase.
(This rare green comet won’t return for a thousand years. Here’s how to see it this week.)
Both Taurid meteor showers share the same source material: the debris trail of the comet Encke. Over time, the comet’s dust trail has spread wide enough to create two separate but overlapping meteor streams.
