5 Sky Events This Week: See the Andromeda Galaxy and a Jovian Moon-Over-Moon Eclipse

Watch for the Andromeda galaxy, the most distant object visible to the naked eye, and an eclipse of two of Jupiter's moons.

This week sky-watchers get to soak in a Jovian eclipse and also travel millions of years back in time to glimpse the crown jewel of a celestial princess.

Late on Monday, November 17, look in the far northeast sky for the Leonid shooting stars to streak by every few minutes.

Where skies are dark, up to ten meteors per hour may be seen radiating out from the namesake constellation: Leo, the lion.

For more on the Leonids, check out our viewer's guide.

Early risers on Wednesday, November 19, can look for the waning crescent moon in the low southeast sky at dawn next to the bright, blue-white star Spica.

Spica, the 250-light-year-distant lead member of the constellation Virgo (known as "the maiden"), will appear

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