January 2016:
4 – The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks at 8:00 UT with a ZHR variable from 100-130 favouring North America. This shower has very narrow time of peak activity with more visible meteors than Perseids shower.
9 – Close conjunction between bright planets Saturn and Venus at 4:12 UT. They pass within 10 arcsec of each other. Event is easily observable within a field of view of a telescope with higher magnifications.
10 – Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) should be at its brightest, with magnitude of around +5.
11 – New Moon.
24 – Full Moon.