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Skywatching Tips from NASA: What’s Up in December 2021

Last Updated on December 5, 2021 by Solar System Ambassador Pam Roller

Here’s an update from our local Solar System Ambassador Pam Roller:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/home/

This link is your personal NASA guide to the night sky; it includes a 3:19 video showing early evening highlights in December, The Moon passes by Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter in turn, each evening after sunset, Dec. 6-10. You’ll have a chance to catch a comet, and the annual Geminid meteors. A daily skywatching guide, and phases of the moon are also provided.

Credits: NASA/JPL

Preston Dyches, Christopher Harris, and Lisa Poje are the science communicators and space enthusiasts who produce this monthly video series for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Additional astronomy subject matter guidance is provided by Bill Dunford, Gary Spiers, and Lyle Tavernier.

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