Some highlights for the night sky in December 2007

Saturday 1 December 2007

Sunday 2 December 2007

Wednesday 5 December 2007

Saturday 8 December 2007

Monday 10 December 2007

• George Mason born in 1725

Thursday 13 December 2007

Monday 17 December 2007

Tuesday 18 December 2007

• Happy Birthday Nancy Jo

Friday 21 December 2007

• About one hour after sunset, look for Moon near Pleiades.
• Watch Moon all night pull away from Pleiades.

Tuesday 25 December 2007

• Merry Christmas
• About 2 hours after sunset, look for waning gibbous Moon rising in ENE beneath Pollux.
• Look for Mars in Taurus.

Saturday 29 December 2007

• Before sunrise, look for waning gibbous Moon to the left of Saturn in SW.
• Saturn can be found in Leo to the left of Regulus.

Monday 31 December 2007

• It's New Year's Eve - DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE
• One hour before sunrise, look for Venus in SE above Antares.

Good skywatching resources

• The Messier Objects list
• Abrams Planetarium Skywatcher's Diary (source of the daily events)
• SkyMap software (used to make the maps)
• The Nearest Stars
• The Brightest Stars
• Skymaps dot com (free monthly star maps)
• Planetarium Software
• About the GMU observatory

John Avellone's provided web sites

• FCPS/NOVAC EarthDial Web Cam at TJHSST Planetarium
• EarthDial Project Beta test webpage