CityDeepSky:Current events
Sky happenings for the month of December 2015
Note all times and dates in UTC unless otherwise specified.
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Lunar Phases[1]
| Phase | Date (UTC) | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter | 03 December 2015 | 07:40 |
| New | 11 December 2015 | 10:29 |
| First Quarter | 18 December 2015 | 15:14 |
| Full | 25 December 2015 | 11:11 |
Meteor Showers[1]
Geminids - 14 December 2015
Ursids - 23 December 2015
Other events[1]
Night Sky
Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 December 2015 at 22:30 MST. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.
We now have the winter constellations overhead with Taurus and Orion being prominent. This brings up the unaided eye clusters of the Hyades and the Pleiades over head. Both of these clusters are best either unaided eye or with binoculars. Also prominent is the Orion Nebula just under the belt of Orion. All of these are worth a look.
A little off the beaten path are three nice open clusters M36, M37, and M38. These three clusters are in the constellation of Auriga which is directly north of Orion (on top of Orion for those in the Northern Hemisphere].
