Scheduled air date: 1998 Dec 14-20
On the evenings of December 19th and 20th, the brightest planet—Venus —will
appear like a bright star near a thin, crescent Moon just after Sunset. Then, on
Christmas Eve and Christmas Night, the Moon will appear near the second-brightest planet,
Jupiter!
If you wish to view illustrations for other episodes, please see our Star Gazer Illustrated directory.
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Illustrations on this page were created using
TheSky Astronomy
Software, an advanced desktop planetarium program designed for Windows. Copyright © 1999-2006 by Software Bisque, Inc. |