November offers a wealth of planetary highlights. Here's when and where to look. (Image credit: Quincy Lee / 500px via Getty Images)

This is a great month for planet watching, either in the evenings or mornings. During convenient evening hours, the planet of choice is Saturn , visible well up in the southern sky during mid-to-late evening hours. Telescopically, the southern side of its famous ring system is currently tilted about 6½ degrees to our line of sight.

Around the middle of the night,

Mars and

Jupiter come into view above the east-northeast horizon and just before the break of dawn are in excellent position, soaring high in the southern sky in the vicinity of the

Sickle of Leo the Lion. Watch how Mars approaches Jupiter early in the month, passes it on Nov. 16, then spends the rest of the month sailing away to the east.

Meanwhile, in the predawn morning sky,

Venus literally vaults into prominence as the month progresses.…