Listen "Sky Guide December 2017"
Episode Synopsis
What to look out, and up, for in December. Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month's skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers: The Geminid meteor showers peaking on 13/14th December Uranus sitting in the constellation Pisces Mars & Jupiter lunar conjunctions Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year: Ralph – A binary star, a planetary nebula and 4 open clusters in Gemini Jen - The Pleiades open cluster in Taurus Paul – The Crab Nebula supernova remnant also in Taurus And we finish this sky guide with December's moon phases.
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