Amazing Astronomy

Sky Watching

 2012,December,18-25



               Tue., December 18, 4 a.m.
                                Ceres at opposition :
                                               Once the largest asteroid, Ceres has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet. At magnitude 6.6, it is an easy target in binoculars. Notice that Ceres is close to Vesta in the sky.

             Wed., December 25, 7 p.m
                                Jupiter and the moon:
                                                 The moon will pass just south of Jupiter soon after moonrise in the eastern sky. The two brightest star clusters in the sky, the Hyades and the Pleiades, are nearby.




             Venus is still a morning “star,”
              Mars has faded into the west moving behind the sun. It moves from Sagittarius into Capricornus on December 25.
              Saturn is now a morning star.
              Uranus is visible all evening in Pisces. It sets around 1 a.m.
              Neptune remains in the depths of Aquarius all month, and sets around 10 p.m.
              

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