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Saturday, December 03, 2011

 

Southern Skywatch December 2011 Edition Up

Evening sky looking north as seen from Adelaide at 23:45 pm local daylight saving time on Saturday December 10 showing the Moon as it enters eclipse. Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time. Click to embiggen.

The December edition of Southern Skywatch is now up.

There is a Total Lunar Eclipse on the evening of the 10th, morning of the 11th.

Venus is prominent in the evening sky and for the first few days close to globular clusters in Sagittarius. Venus is close to the crescent Moon on the 27th.

Mars is in the morning sky and is close to the Moon on the 18th. Jupiter is prominent in the evening sky, and is now a good telescopic object.

Saturn is in the morning sky and is close to the Moon on the 20th.

Mercury returns to the morning sky and is close to the crescent Moon on the 26th and

The Gemind meteor shower is on the morning of the 15th.

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Thanks for the tip. We're having a Christmas breakup party that night, should be special.
 
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