Geminids, Venus, Jupiter, Orion, Comet Tsuchinshan | Night sky December 2023

Find out what's in the night sky tonight, December 2023, with astronomers Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel as your guide.
Venus and Jupiter are bright, the Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak and asteroid Vesta reaches opposition.
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan increases in brightness and Orion returns with its wealth of deep-sky wonders.
00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Mercury
00:55 - Venus
02:33 - Jupiter
03:02 - Saturn
03:44 - Uranus and Neptune
05:39 - Mare Orientale
06:58 - Jupiter occults Ganymede
07:55 - Geminid meteor shower
10:02 - Vesta at opposition
10:31 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
15:22 - Orion and deep-sky objects
22:16 - Taurus
23:36 - Auriga and open clusters
25:00 - Camelopardalis
26:36 Kemble's Cascade

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Venus was very bright last week in the early hours from about 0400 when I was up near Ulgham in Northumberland.Venus was coming up in the east and Jupiter (and Uranus) setting in the west.

[@julianparks8485]

Thanks!

[@michaelstephens4421]

Thanks guys, great as always. Happy Holidays and clear skies!

[@bbcskyatnightmag]

Thanks for watching! You too! Hope you have a good December.

[@Angels_Are_Real]

I love your podcast. Thank you both. ✨️ 💖 ✨️

[@markmarlow6267]

Always enjoyable, light hearted and very informing...as a total novice i would like compass referencing more. 👍

[@user-yk7yv8rb5i]

Great as always informative and interesting ❤

[@chrisjordan4210]

Pete pointed out the "Cheshire Cat" asterism years ago (in SKAN magazine ?) and once you've found it, it's pretty obvious in binoculars - well worth tracking down as one of those not particularly serious targets to show non-astronomers how to appreciate the slightly fainter night sky.

[@raygall6353]

The best thing on CZcams.

[@bbcskyatnightmag]

So nice of you to say so! Cheers!

[@alandyer910]

Always an enjoyable survey each month, thanks! Just a correction - Tsuchinshan comets (there are several) are named for the Purple Mountain Observatory where they were discovered, not for the discoverer.

[@slzckboy]

:) god bless goto!!

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