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Sky happenings for the month of November 2015
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Sky happenings for the month of December 2015
  
 
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|Last Quarter || 02 November 2015 || 12:24
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|Last Quarter || 03 December 2015 || 07:40
 
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|New || 11 November 2015 || 17:47
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|New || 11 December 2015 || 10:29
 
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|First Quarter || 19 November 2015 || 06:27
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|First Quarter || 18 December 2015 || 15:14
 
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|Full || 25 November 2015 || 22:44
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|Full || 25 December 2015 || 11:11
 
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==  Meteor Showers<ref name="RASC"/>==
 
==  Meteor Showers<ref name="RASC"/>==
South Taurids - 05 November 2015
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Geminids - 14 December 2015
  
North Taurids - 12 November 2015
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Ursids - 23 December 2015
 
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Leonids - 18 November 2015
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== Other events<ref name="RASC"/> ==
 
== Other events<ref name="RASC"/> ==
Moon occults Aldebaran 26 November 2015 ~10:00 - for observers in Japan, eastern Russia, northern USA, Canada, Greenland
 
  
 
==Night Sky==
 
==Night Sky==
Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 November 2015 at 22:30 MST. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.<br>
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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.<br>
The autumn constellations are now well overhead and the winter ones rising. Object such as [[M31]] and clusters such as [[M34]] are now nearly overhead. Clusters [[M36]], [[M37]] and [[M35]] are now nearly overhead as well. To the eastern horizon the [[Hyades]] and [[M45]] open clusters are rising as well as the spectacular nebula [[M42]] in [[Orion]].
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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 [[M45|Pleiades]] over head. Both of these clusters are best either unaided eye or with binoculars. Also prominent is the [[M42|Orion Nebula]] just under the belt of Orion. All of these are worth a look.
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A little off the beaten path are three nice [[open cluster|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].
  
[[Image:sky_nov_2015.png|15 Nov 2015 Sky]]
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[[Image:sky_dec_2015.png|15 Dec 2015 Sky]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Astronomical]]
 
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Revision as of 19:32, 2 December 2015

Sky happenings for the month of December 2015

Note all times and dates in UTC unless otherwise specified.

Contents

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].

15 Dec 2015 Sky

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information from the RASC Observer's Handbook
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