Hello ...
Here's your Cosmic Pursuits newsletter for November 2025!
1. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) continues to skirt the western horizon after sunset, Saturn remains in a prime observing location, Mercury and Mars make a spectacular appearance, and two meteor showers arrive in the November sky. Here's what
to see in the Night Sky This Month...
2. The intriguing comet 3I/ATLAS is swinging around the Sun and arrives back in our skies this month. This piece at Cosmic Pursuits shows you where to see the comet, along with an overview of what we know about this strange interstellar visitor to our solar system.
3. The founder of Tele Vue and crack optical designer Al Nagler had died. His telescopes and eyepieces helped revolutionize amateur astronomy over the
past 40 years. An online note from his son David tells that Al passed away suddenly, at work, with a telescope in his hands. Al inspired me to take up astronomy again, after a long break, nearly 20 years ago. I was fortunate to speak with him many times, and I conducted a Q&A interview with him in 2017. You can read the
whole piece here.
4. A great wave is passing through the Milky Way, perhaps from a long-ago collision with another galaxy.
5. Enjoy this photo-essay of the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party (gift link from The Globe and Mail).
And the astronomy quote of the month - a little motivation for all of us to get out and see the night sky:
"If everybody was an amateur astronomer and
spent time looking at the sky, when would we have time to go to wars, people to fight on this beautiful planet? ... This is nuts not to be an amateur astronomer."
- Al Nagler
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Wishing you clear skies!
Brian Ventrudo
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