Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).

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  • The Double Cluster

    The northeastern sky on December evenings hosts the bright constellations of Perseus and W-shaped Cassiopeia, with the very bright yellowish star Capella gleaming below them. The sky between Perseus and…

  • Crescent Moon Shines near Venus

    As the sky is darkening after sunset on Wednesday, December 4, look low in the western sky to see the pretty, waxing crescent moon shining several finger widths below (or…

  • Lunar Crater Piccolomini

    On Thursday evening, December 5, the curved terminator on the moon will fall just to the left (or lunar west) of ancient Mare Nectaris, the dark and roughly circular patch…

  • Attilla Danko supporting one of his large scopes in the field

    Hamilton Center Social

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    Hamilton RASC will be hosting an open-to-all in-person meeting at the Waterdown Legion. The highlight of the evening is typically a guest speaker, sometimes a professor or grad student and…

  • Moon Moves Past Saturn

    On Saturday evening, December 7 in the Americas, the waxing crescent moon will shine a palm’s width to the lower right (or celestial west) of Saturn. The pair will be…