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| | Volume 18 -- Issue 12
December 2012
Welcome to this issue of Qué tal. Here you will find useful observing information
about the visible planets, our Moon and other
moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among
these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern
or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout. Animated
images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital
motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects, or apparent
and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular
features include plotting the monthly positions of the visible planets
using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's
apparent motion and the Earth's real motion along the ecliptic.
For additional useful Earth and Space news, information, and graphics follow my WordPress Blog at Bob's Spaces, or as Tweets,
or as an RSS feed.
To get Bobs-Spaces on your SmartPhone use this address to add this icon to your SmartPhone: http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/bobs-spaces
Click on the graphic to see what Bobs-Spaces will look like on your phone.
Click here to watch some of my video work posted on You Tube.
At A Glance: During December the visible planets stay visible with Jupiter at opposition and visible all
night, and Mars still visible but low over the western horizon at sunset.
In the morning skies Mercury is very visible during the first week or so, Venus
continues to shine brightly but is low over the eastern horizon at sunrise. Making up for this is Saturn as it becomes more and more visible as a bright
'morning star'. Watch for the waning Moon to stair step down from Spica to Venus and Mercury over a few days starting around the 8th.
On a less than serious note the world will end on the day of the December solstice, the 21st.
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