Sky This Month : December 2012

by Mike Meynell

There are some fabulous objects and events to view in the sky this month:

1. Mercury

2. Venus, Mercury and the Crescent Moon

3. Saturn

4. Jupiter

5. Orion and the Orion Nebula

6. The Moon passing in front of open cluster M67

7. Geminids meteor shower peaking on 13 December

The presentation is shown in the video below. Watch it full screen to see the star maps clearly. Press the spacebar to pause and restart the video. If the video is not displayed correctly below, watch it on YouTube here.

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All star maps are via Sky Safari.