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This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 4 – 12
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 4 – 12
Jupiter and Saturn continue closing toward their record-breaking conjunction 0.1° apart on December 21st. Mars stands high, and Orion is on the rise.
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Mars on 2020-10-16 at 09:22 UT
Photographer: Rod Pommier
Photographer: Astrokn
Photographer: lubated
Photographer: Pepe Chambó
Comet NEOWISE over New York city
Photographer: worldtimezone
Comet NEOWISE viewed through noctilucent clouds
Photographer: David Harris
Comet C/2019 U6 Lemmon (2020,Jun.17)
Photographer: Pepe Chambó
Lunar Occultation from Boston on June 19th, 2020
Photographer: Nando
Photographer: Ghouchkanlu
Photographer: Michele-Brusa
Venus and the Pleiades at Twilight
Photographer: Frankie
Crecent moon over Myrtle Beach, SC
Photographer: Tim-Tooley
Photographer: araujo
Photographer: Wim Maats
Photographer: FERNANDO MENEZES
Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS (Jan.23,2020)
Photographer: Pepe Chambó
Photographer: Orestis Pavlou
Photographer: parimaldave@gmail.com
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