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2023 December solstice: All you need to know
The 2023 December solstice is December 22, at 3:27 UTC (December 21, at 9:27 p.m. CST). Northern Hemisphere's shortest day. Southern Hemisphere's longest day.
Deborah Byrd
December 19, 2023

Astronomy Essentials

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2023 December solstice: All you need to know
December 19, 2023
Visible planets and night sky for December
December 19, 2023
Meteor shower guide: Up next the Ursids and the Quadrantids
December 17, 2023
Geminid meteor shower 2023: Cool photos!
December 15, 2023

Brightest Stars

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Sun news: More beautiful auroras as storming comes to an end
December 19, 2023
Menkar – a visual double – is the Whale’s alpha star
December 8, 2023
Aldebaran is Taurus the Bull’s bloodshot eye
December 5, 2023
Mirfak is the brightest star in Perseus the Hero
December 3, 2023

Constellations

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Fornax the Furnace: A dim constellation with galaxies galore
December 17, 2023
The constellation Sculptor contains the South Galactic Pole
November 23, 2023
Tucana the Toucan is home to the Small Magellanic Cloud
November 17, 2023
Pegasus the Flying Horse, and the best sky story ever
November 12, 2023

Clusters Nebulae Galaxies

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The Local Group is our galactic neighborhood
October 24, 2023
Triangulum galaxy is 2nd-closest to Milky Way
October 24, 2023
Double Cluster in Perseus on October evenings
October 11, 2023
Do the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds need new names?
October 3, 2023

Favorite Star Patterns

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The Pleiades – or 7 Sisters – known around the world
November 26, 2023
Great Square of Pegasus gallops into the autumn sky
September 27, 2023
Teapot of Sagittarius points to Milky Way center
August 11, 2023
The Scorpion’s Crown and its stellar neighborhood
July 27, 2023
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