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Sky Watching December 14 & 18

Sky Watching

2012,December,14&18

Fri., December 14, midnight?dawn

Geminid meteor shower : One of the finest meteor showers of the year

Tue., December 18, 4 a.m. EST

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.

Mercury will be well placed in the morning sky for observers in the northern hemisphere

Venus is still a morning ?star,? shining brightly before sunrise

Jupiter is in Taurus, close to Aldebaran and the Hyades

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.

Sky map of December 14 around midnight

(Sky map over N.America)

(Sky map over S.America)

(Sky map over Africa)

(sky map over Europe)

(sky map over Asia)

(sky map over Australia)

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