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This Month’s Sky ~ Happy New Year!

We will ring in the New Year with a fantastic planet show featuring our two largest gas giant planets! The nights are long with plenty of time to enjoy our evening planets! Saturn can be found in the    southwestern sky after sunset. When viewing through a telescope, the rings show a very slight tilt, and the entire disk of the planet is visible. Saturn is such a lovely telescope object. (Illustration 1).

The king of the planets, Jupiter, reaches opposition on January 10 and is visible from sunset to sunrise. There is no doubt that you will be able to find brilliant Jupiter. Look east sixty minutes after sunset. The brightest object is Jupiter. Jupiter lies just to the left of mighty Orion, the Hunter and nearby Gemini, the Twins. We will ring in the New Year with a fantastic planet show featuring our two largest gas giant planets! The nights are long with plenty of time to enjoy our evening planets!  We need to put on our winter coats, hats, gloves, and boots. Grab your Starry Trail map and binoculars and let’s enjoy the brightest stars of the year and fabulous star hopping!

Here’s what you’ll need to start exploring tonight’s sky:  

Starry Trails

This narrative explains where to look and how to identify stars, deep sky objects, constellations, planets!

Starry Map

Your simple sky map to locate stars, planets and constellation positions.

Starry Trail Map

While using the narrative, this is your visual guide on starting point and the monthly
adventure through the night sky.  

Illustrations

This will show you the position of the constellations and help you seek them out.

Starry Checklist

This will help you keep track of everything you view in this month’s night sky.

Starry Trails Audio 2026
Take Starry Trails with you!
Listen to Suzie as she helps you navigate your journey thru the stars!! 

Starry Trails Video Archive
Plus, Hoover-Price Planetarium, Canton OH – Videos

Host Suzie Dills provides a look at the celestial highlights in the night sky!

 Make sure you check the sky chart in your area to make sure there are clear skies!
Clear Sky Cleveland Chart –

I’m VERY excited to share my children’s books with everyone!

Stella’s Starry Adventures!
Join Stella, as she takes you on an adventure through the night sky!
Kids will love learning about the constellations and more with Stella as their guide!

Stellas’ books are available on Amazon – In Print and Kindle versions.