Sky Guide December 2016

Sky Guide December 2016

What to look out, and up, for in December.

Our highlights of this month's skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:

  • Venus shining brilliantly in the evening sky
  • Mercury at greatest elongation on 11th December
  • Jupiter returns to our late night skies

Next up is the meteor showers and December brings us the greatest of them all:

  • The Geminids peaking on the night of 13/14th December

Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:

  • Jeni – IC 1396 - The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
  • Paul – M78 – a reflection nebula in Orion
  • Ralph – NGC 246 the Skull Nebula in Cetus

And we finish this sky guide with December's moon phases.

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#17 - November 2013

#17 - November 2013

This month we have the planets, meteor showers and moon phases to look out for in November and a look at the deep sky objects in the Cetus, Pisces & Sculptor constellations. In the news we have the sa...

1 Nov 20131h 5min

#16 - October 2013

#16 - October 2013

Highlights of September's skies at the AstroCamp star party with the BBC TV cameras. The Sky at Night team joinined us for some observing in Wales. A penumbral lunar eclipse, a round up of the planets...

1 Okt 201359min

#15 - September 2013

#15 - September 2013

A daytime lunar occultation and a favourable libration of the moon, the ice giants and a round-up of all the planets on view and the deep sky treats in Cassiopeia and Andromeda in our September sky gu...

1 Sep 201348min

#14 - August 2013

#14 - August 2013

The wonderful upcoming Perseid meteor shower, planetary & lunar spectacles and the deep sky objects on offer in the Summer Triangle & Ophiuchus in our August sky guide. The new names for Pluto's 4th &...

31 Jul 201359min

#13 - July 2013

#13 - July 2013

Your July sky guide & a competition to *win a pair of binoculars!* News on the Goldilocks Zone, 3 new interesting exoplanets, a busy time on Low Earth Orbit, Curiosity & radiation risks for Mars-bound...

30 Jun 201357min

#12 - June 2013

#12 - June 2013

Bringing you your sky guide for June, a salute to ISS Commander Chris Hadfield and news on Kepler. Paul tells us all about ET in his Five Minute Concept, Ralph interviews astronomy communicator Mark T...

6 Jun 201359min

#11 - May 2013

#11 - May 2013

Awesome Astronomy gets a new cohost - welcome Paul!

1 Mai 201352min

#10 - February 2013

#10 - February 2013

The Northern Lights, more exoplanets, a chat with the PanSTARRS team, and Tom & Ralph get angry about DA14 coverage

22 Feb 20131h 15min

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