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- Tour 15 of the Brightest Stars on New Year's Eve (VIDEO) 31 December 2025Tour 15 of the sky's brightest stars all in one night on this New Year's Eve! This interactive Worldwide Telescope video will show you the way. The post Tour 15 of the Brightest Stars on New Year's Eve (VIDEO) appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Scott Levine
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 26 – January 4 26 December 2025Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later it passes the Pleiades. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 26 – January 4 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- How To Start with Your New Telescope 25 December 2025How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and great cosmic immensities to start finding tonight. The post How To Start with Your New Telescope appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 19 – 28 20 December 2025We greet the winter solstice. Jupiter nears opposition. Will the two Dog Stars balance for you? And meet the House in the Hyades. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 19 – 28 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21 12 December 2025Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10 p.m. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14 12 December 2025Great news! We'll have dark skies for the year's richest meteor shower. The post Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Bob King
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 5 – 14 5 December 2025The Moon, waning away from full, groups up with Jupiter, Castor and Pollux on two nights. Later in the week the Geminid meteor shower comes into full bloom. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 5 – 14 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 28 – December 7 28 November 2025Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dark. The interstellar comet, 11th magnitude, is now nice and high in the dark before dawn. Don't wait; moonlight approaches. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 28 – December 7 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 21 – 30 21 November 2025Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for amateur telescopes before dawn. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 21 – 30 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
- Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles, Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Delights 18 November 2025Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected. The post Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles, Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Delights appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Bob King