Thursday, December 04, 2025

9 night sky events to see in December

If November's widespread aurora sightings left you buzzing, December is poised to keep the momentum going. This month's nightscapes are packed with celestial standouts: early planet sightings, a bright supermoon, and what many astronomers consider 2025's best meteor shower. Later in the month, an exceptionally vivid Jupiter will cap off a solid year of sky-watching"and hint at what's coming in 2026.

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... Here are nine top night-sky sights to watch for this month. Most are visible to the unaided eye and are all best viewed from a remote, dark sky. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-04 07:34 PM

Non-pay-walled ...

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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-04 07:35 PM

I miss the days when there wasn't 6 "supermoons" every year and the sky wasn't so full of orbiting junk you could actually enjoy a meteor shower.

Heady days, those were.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-04 09:27 PM

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