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Constellations: A Guide to the Night Sky

Geminid meteor shower

The Night Sky This Month: December

December 1, 2018 by admin
ngc 869,ngc 884,h and Chi Persei

Here are some of the things to see in December:

Posted in: Mars, Mercury, Meteor Shower, Saturn, Venus Tagged: Double Cluster, Eta Cassiopeiae, Geminid meteor shower, Messier 103, Messier 34.

Night Sky Highlights in December

December 5, 2015 by admin
The Double Cluster in Perseus,ngc 869,ngc 884

Here are some of the things to see in December:

Posted in: Jupiter, Mars, Meteor Shower, Saturn, Venus Tagged: Double Cluster, Eta Cassiopeiae, Geminid meteor shower, M103, M34, NGC 869, NGC 884

Geminids

December 13, 2014 by admin
geminid meteor shower, december meteor shower

The Geminids are an annual meteor shower that usually occurs from December 7 to 17 and peaks around December 13 or 14. The Geminids typically have a zenithal hourly rate of 75 or more meteors. The meteor shower is produced by 3200 Phaethon, an object long suspected to be a Palladian asteroid that has an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Gemini, Meteor Shower Tagged: 2003 EH1, 3200 Phaethon, Castor, Extinct Comets, Geminid meteor shower, Geminids, Leonids, Palladian Asteroids, Perseids, Quadrantids, Rock Comets

Highlights of the Night Sky in December

December 3, 2014 by admin
seven sisters,m45

Here are some of the highlights of the December sky:

Posted in: Cassiopeia, Jupiter, Mars, Ophiuchus, Perseus, Saturn, Sculptor, Taurus, Ursa Minor, Venus Tagged: Comet PanSTARRS, Comet Siding Spring, Eta Cassiopeiae, Geminid meteor shower, Little Dipper, Messier 103, Messier 34., Pleiades, The Double Cluster, Ursid Meteor Shower

Highlights of the December Sky

December 1, 2013 by admin

Here are some of the highlights of the night sky in December: 5:30 PM southwestern sky – Venus hanging low in the sky after sunset 8 PM eastern sky – Jupiter hovering over the horizon and climbing higher later in the evening 8 PM northeastern sky – the constellations Perseus with the open star cluster … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cassiopeia, Jupiter, Mars, Meteor Shower, Open Cluster, Perseus, Saturn, Venus Tagged: Geminid meteor shower, Messier 103, Messier 34., The Double Cluster

The Night Sky in December

November 30, 2012 by admin

The Hubblesite Channel has posted the guide to the highlights of the December sky. Here are some of the things to look out for: PLANETS: around 6 PM, Mars appears low on the horizon in the western sky at 7 PM, Jupiter appears above the horizon in the east around 6:30 am, before sunrise, Venus … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cassiopeia, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Meteor Shower, Perseus, Saturn, Venus Tagged: Eta Cassiopeiae, Geminid meteor shower, Messier 103, Messier 34., The Double Cluster

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Andromeda
Antlia
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Ara
Aries
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