Here are some of the things to see in December:
- 11 pm, northeastern sky – Ursa Major with the Big Dipper asterism and the galaxy pair Messier 81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and Messier 82 (the Cigar Galaxy)
- 10 pm, northeastern sky – Cassiopeia constellation with the prominent W-shaped asterism formed by five bright stars, the binary star Eta Cassiopeiae, and the open cluster Messier 103, located only a degree east of Ruchbah (Delta Cassiopeiae)
- 10 pm, northern sky – Cepheus constellation with the variable red supergiant Mu Cephei (Garnet Star) and the famous spiral galaxy NGC 6946, also known as the Fireworks Galaxy
- 10 pm, northeastern sky – Perseus constellation with the variable star Algol marking the head of the Gorgon Medusa, the bright open cluster Messier 34 located in the area between Algol in Perseus and Almach in Andromeda, and the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884) in the direction of Cassiopeia
- 10 pm, southwestern sky – Orion constellation with Orion’s Belt, formed by the bright Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, the bright supergiants Rigel and Betelgeuse, and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), one of the brightest nebulae in the sky
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