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your guide to constellations deep sky

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tonight's sky highlights of the december

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just after sunset look for venus blazing

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by nightfall jupiter is already high in

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two prominent constellations in the

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december night sky represent notable

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the great hero perseus holds the head of

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an open star cluster in perseus is m34

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open star clusters are groups of young

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stars that all formed at the same time

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look for it with the naked eye or with

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queen cassiopeia was punished for her

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conceit and vanity by being tied to her

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cassiopeia's w shape makes this

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ada cassiopeia is a wonderful and

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colorful double star

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use binoculars or a small telescope to

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m-103 in cassiopeia is another fine open

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star cluster with a prominent red star

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near the center its fan shape is evident

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lying between cassiopeia and perseus is

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the lovely double cluster this pair of

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open star clusters is easy to see with

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binoculars

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the double cluster resembles a handful

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of diamonds scattered on black velvet

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both mars and saturn are early morning

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planets this month

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mars is up all morning long and climbs

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saturn appears a little later in the

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morning shining above the southeastern

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the mid-december night sky hosts a

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lovely meteor shower

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from december 13th to 14th the bright

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and fast geminids will skip across the

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upper atmosphere

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watch for meteors zipping away from the

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many sky watchers will enjoy a lunar

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eclipse on december 10th this happens

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when the moon passes through earth's

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shadow

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the moon does not quite disappear but

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turns a coppery red

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viewers in north america will see the

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eclipsed moon sink into the western

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the night sky is always a celestial