Month: December 2025
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Comets in January 2026: 24P Shaumasse and C/2024 E1 Wierzchoś
Today we are going to be taking a look at a couple of comets that are going to be visible over the course of the month of January. The comets that we’re going to be taking a look at will be visible through binoculars, but they’re not going to be quite bright enough to see…
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A Preview of January 2026!
Today we are taking a look ahead at the month of January. Starting nice and early in the month, we begin on just the 3rd of January. Just after sunset, the Moon will be right next to Jupiter. At just 5:30 the Moon and Jupiter are already up, right next to each other, right in…
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From Christmas Eve to New Year’s Morning: the Sky at the End of the Year
As promised, today we are going to take a look at a couple of specific nights. Just at the end of December, there are a couple of dates where people may be staying up late or getting up early. We’re going to take a look at the 24th, 25th and 31st into the 1st, Christmas…
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The Ursid Meteor Shower and Late December Sky
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for later December, particularly the Ursid meteor shower coming up on the 21st/22nd of December. I will also go over the major constellations that are visible. We will start with sunset on the 16th. The sky hasn’t changed too drastically since early December,…
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The Sun: Sunspots and More!
Today we are going to take a look at the Sun. In some ways, wintertime may be one of the worst times to observe the Sun, because it is so low in the sky, it’s not up for very long, and it’s more likely to be blocked by trees or buildings. In another way, wintertime…
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December’s Morning Mercury: The Smallest Planet’s Greatest Elongations
Today, we are going to be looking at the planet Mercury. We’re going to start just a couple of days ago, when Mercury was at its greatest elongation. We’re coming back to sunrise on the 7th of December, when Mercury reached its greatest elongation. Thankfully, it will be close to this greatest elongation for a…
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Classes of Stars: Spectral Classification
Today we are going to talk about stars, as we often do, but we’re going to talk about a way that stars are classified. Stars can be classified in various different ways, but one of the easier ways, one of the more immediate ways to classify stars, is by their color. Taking a look at…
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Winter Stargazing: Stars and Constellations
Today we are going to take a look at the winter night sky very generally. We’ll start just around sunset in early December, but we’ll go through the night and across a few months around midwinter. As we’re going to be taking a general look at the night sky, we’re going to ignore the planets…
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