What’s up in the night sky in December?

By Outer Banks Voice on December 3, 2020

NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2020 SKYWATCHING TIPS FROM NASA

What’s Up for December? A meteor shower, an extraordinary close meetup between Jupiter and Saturn, and the winter solstice.

Catch the year’s best meteor shower, the Geminids, in the middle of the month. Then witness an extremely close pairing of Jupiter and Saturn that won’t be repeated for decades. And mark the shortest day of the year on the northern winter solstice. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up-skywatching-tips….