{"id":20409,"date":"2019-12-01T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20409"},"modified":"2019-12-01T11:38:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T16:38:17","slug":"videos-night-sky-highlights-for-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20409","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Night sky highlights for December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>** <strong>What&#8217;s Up: December 2019<\/strong> &#8211; Skywatching Tips from NASA JPL<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>What can you see in the December sky? Beautiful pairings of planets and the crescent Moon throughout the month, at sunrise and sunset. Here&#8217;s where and when to look to see Venus, Saturn and Mars. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What&#8217;s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/whats-up-skywatching-tips-from-nasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/whats-up&#8230;<\/a> . Credit: NASA-JPL\/Caltech<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RuYyRQR2_WU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Tonight&#8217;s Sky: December 2019<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hubblesite.org\/resource-gallery\/learning-resources\/tonights-sky\">Space Telescope Science Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Step outside on a cold December night when the stars shine bright to find the Big Dipper, Cassiopeia, and Cepheus. They will help you locate a binary star system, a fan-shaped open star cluster, and a variable star. Stay tuned for space-based views of a ragged spiral galaxy, an open star cluster, and an edge-on galaxy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D30tdB32oe8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>What&#8217;s in the Night Sky December 2019<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alynwallacephotography.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alyn Wallace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1HNHxIVwqA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">== <strong><em>Amazon Ad<\/em><\/strong> ==<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1501187740\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1501187740&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=7d6f061f588b3ff2d61d5de146120cd0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fire in the Sky:<br \/>\nCosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and<br \/>\nthe Race to Defend Earth<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1501187740\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1501187740&amp;asins=1501187740&amp;linkId=761512aa814951d1800f443cbc7bed63&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** What&#8217;s Up: December 2019 &#8211; Skywatching Tips from NASA JPL What can you see in the December sky? Beautiful pairings of planets and the crescent Moon throughout the month, at sunrise and sunset. Here&#8217;s where and when to look to see Venus, Saturn and Mars. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20409\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Night sky highlights for December 2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5jb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5441,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5441","url_meta":{"origin":20409,"position":0},"title":"Video: What&#8217;s Up for December 2013","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest What's Up\u00a0video from NASA JPL points out what will be of interest in the night sky in\u00a0December 2013: http:\/\/youtu.be\/_UlmGDoUI5Y","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_UlmGDoUI5Y\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27128,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=27128","url_meta":{"origin":20409,"position":1},"title":"Night sky highlights for December 2024","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the night sky this month, December 2024. 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