With the moon sliding past a brilliant Venus — now crazy-bright after sunset — and Jupiter reaching its brightest and best of the year, November is sure to be a great month for astrophotography. The nights are getting longer, peaking on 22 December with the solstice — the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere — while there’s a good chance of a display of the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis because the sun is now confirmed to be in its “solar maximum” period.
Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in December 2024:
