What to see in the night sky, December 2020
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2020
- What can you see in the night sky tonight? Astronomers Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel talk us through the best sights to see in the night sky throughout December 2020, including how to see the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn (03:30) and the Geminid meteor shower (08:48).
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I am so pumped for the conjunction! It's gonna be awesome!
I know, it's set to look amazing! Just hope I can find a clear horizon...
@@bbcskyatnightmag oooo a clever person. Could you do me a favour and check this SEE HERE I have been investigating why my left ear is constantly buzzing, so I downloaded a spectrograph and found out there's a frequency of 14000 and 18000 hz being broadcast. Its been on for a month at least but it stopped for a few days and so did the buzzing in my left ear ( which is damaged and that's why it is affected i think ) but now it is back .
I downloaded a free spectrograph app to check and it isn't just in the house.
Could anyone reading this please check their locations and let me know.
If you have trouble getting back to me or i don't respond it's not because I'm ignoring you.
You can stick a comment on my channel if needs be ! Please check your area itll take 2 minutes 🙏
MY DOG KNOWS WHEN ITS ON , HE IS ACTING SO WEIRD , LOOKS HAUNTED AND HAS ONE EAR COCKED EVEN WHEN RELAXING 🤔
There are plenty of free spectrograph apps to check your locations.
Its not just in the house either. The buzzing gets worse the longer it's on . No wonder I'm always knackered and moody recently!
Plus anyone who has relatives in the nursing home should really be worried and check their locations too !
Do or don't, keep watching the news and think it's real. All you 77th and military intelligence should check on your grannies and mums .
Thank you. I lead star tours and you guys very much remind me of my own banter. It's fun and others enjoy it.
Yeah. I'm definitely grabbing my telescope on the 21st. I am not missing out on this! The moon'll be a bonus.
Dont wait til then you can see it now or that whole week fit both in my 40mm eyepiece on tthe 6th
I've been snapping smart-phone pictures through my binoculars every chance i get...
Still searching for a dark sky spot to setup the telescope on Dec. 20-22
@@earthlingjohn I do it without the binoculars. I am planning on doing some astrophotography through my telescope though. I already imaged Perseus (no nebulae or galaxies ua-cam.com/video/6a9VVB4G7RA/v-deo.html) But I think my next imaging session will be on Jupiter and Saturn in my telescope.
@@TheSpacePlaceYT
Thanks for posting the link
Your astrophotography/editing capabilities are lightyears (yes, every pun intended) ahead of mine !!
I sincerely do look forward to seeing what the hopefully clear skies reveal to you 👍
@@earthlingjohn That's surprising and I really appreciate it. It was my very first time in astrophotography and I just took the pictures with my phone. It's also the first time I ever used Lightroom to make a photo. If you look further into my content, you can even notice that I'm only 11 years old (and it's hard to believe I'm doing astrophotography at 11 years old)!
I’m in South Africa and I have been seeing these two twinkles very close to each other at night. 😃
I live in New York City and I can see the Pleiades with the naked eye!!!!
That's a good feat!
Me too!! I was so confused but in my backyard I saw the star cluster! I've never seen it before so it was really exciting :)
@@bbcskyatnightmag ?? Are all these sightings FROM the UK or can I see them in these USA at the same places?
Will definitely try to look for Clavius’ eyes and the Cheshire smile. Learned something new thanks to you, guys. Happy Holidays to you too, and fingers crossed for clear skies! Cheers
Thanks to Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel Great Commentary. From U.K.
Lawrence and Abel, the Two Ronnies of astronomy ;) the highlight of the astronomical month.
800 years since this conjunction last happened
@@88SunsetStrip Then why are you on this page?
excited for it!
You were both right--sugar and diamonds on velvet! I love that description! Thanks for the tour of the night sky ahead. Happy holidays to you both!
You too Kathleen!
I also heard therehave been many quakes on Mars recently
Very nice video 👌
Informative video uploaded 👌
Thanks 🙋
Yeah if we lived in a nation that didn't have cloud EVERY freaking day!
😂🙈
You mean chemtrales m8.and thats mostly worldwife in 2020 ummm.
it could also be pollution but yeah
@@luvarigrande213 - here’s a tip - clouds are not pollution. Even the Romans commented on them when they ‘visited’ the British Isles.
AH!! Enjoyed Listening to You Chaps!! Extremely Interesting !! I Learnt a lot Wow !! A Great Comprehension Information. THANKS ! From U.K.
What a magnificent event that we will have the privilege to view. Can't miss this in this lifetime. Its been said the conjunction is similar to the Star of Bethlehem when Christ was born. There's a DVD of this if anyone is interested.
Great video guys, very informative. Roll on 21st December!!
Cheers Brendan! Hope you get to see it!
December 6th fit both planets in one eyepiece 40 mm unreal just fit...epic. and thanks for teaching me about the Eyes On The Moon those phases where you could catch that's awesome good info there
Thankyou! ⭐
The last 2 days I've been lucky to observe with naked-eye Jupiter and Saturn at dusk 5pmish !! They're getting much closer
Can't wait to see the conjunction on 21st! MARS has been great to observe for several months now. It's been an incredible year for observing. My highlight of the year is COMET Neowise, even though I nearly went mad trying to find it!!
Did I miss what time to look for the conjunction as I am clueless on star gazing.
800TH LIKE!!!
Come back Peter, come back Paul!
Thank you.. Insightful and passionate as ever.
Thanks for the kind words Danny!
@@bbcskyatnightmag My pleasure; you're doing Sir Patrick proud!
Made my day so you have.
It's going to be a very busy December! There's some good activity on the sun too. Looking forward to the Geminids especially. They are my most successful shower for pictures. Clear skies everyone! 👍😃
Yeah did you see that video from NASA you think we'll have sunspots or are any noticeable now I got to get out my eclipse glasses
@@adamforest1986 there was a large sunspot visible recently but it's gone round the other side now. I saw it in binoculars (filtered) but not with the naked eye. Here is my picture of it on 1 December: twitter.com/sjb_astro/status/1333756578542084096?s=20
@@adamforest1986 You can see what sunspots are visible on any given day here: sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/
Lovely grfx BUT !
An idea add an arrow for direction eg (NSEW) -^ also degree angle on bottom for orientation purposes ???
Degree angle reading eg 301
If you change the sky lore to H.A. Wray style the constellations will make far more sense (most of the time).
I can't wait for the great conjunction! What kind of eyepiece will i need to see them together on my 8" dob? I guess maybe 15mm or 25mm?
I also have an 8 inch dob and was wondering the same thing. My guess is a 15 mm will be good
@@JCW7100 Yeah 15 should be fine, i'm worried more about the clouds tho, it's cloudy literally every night here, i'm happy if i can take out my telescope at least once a month.
@@TheClearStalker Yeah I'm worried about clouds too. But even if the 21st is no good, at least the views will be pretty great in the days surrounding the 21st as well
hey fellow star watchers how is it possible to see venus and a full moon in the same sky?
if venus is closer to the sun with a smaller orbit, how is it possible to see it at night? wouldnt we only be able to see it in the daytime, since at night everything is behind us.
Not much talk of the massively significant great Conjunction that the Mayans predicated. 21st of December people buckle up. 2020 is 2012. Our calendar is wrong.
Entirely intentional including blowing up our biggest eye in S America
Why do we see the same night sky every day of the year? Doesn’t make sense
Дякую за деталбний огляд. Я також роблю свій календар тому щоб нічого не пропустити цього відео достатньо.
My mind always works overtime, but...... in the Pleiades group, I swear it looks like an embryo inside. Look at the blue inside the clusters. I really see an embryo.... anyone else? Or am I just too imaginative?
The conjunction is going to be really low from England as they, Jupiter and Saturn, have already moved far to the west by nightfall . Uranus is a naked eye challenge but fairly easy in weak optics I had it in my 2x40 Helios Starfield binoculars and in my Zeiss Mini Quick 5x10 monocular loads of times.
The letters are too small n not clear. Will you please make them more visible.
In the night sky December2020.
Damn shame then Although I got a nice south facing back garden where allot of the good sky stuff often is, the shame is that I live in a big town with tons of lights on and damn powerful security lights keep going on.
And I may have a nice 8.5 inch Newtonian Telescope with a double motor super Polaris mount.. the trouble is it is a non- computer controlled old system just a simple direction and speed control box and with it having no auto set up meaning I need about a hour to set it up. and me not able to bend down to look through the Polaris guide scope built in the mount since it all on a 2 foot high heavy metal tripod... that shoots do set up.. and No I don't own a car to take the telescope off to the darker countryside. All in all a huge pain having the big scope but to hard to use it now I am older.
I had the same issues Colin, so I ditched the heavy eq mount and went with a truss tube dob, never regretted it.
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common theory is that the star of Bethlehem may have been a conjunction
between Saturn and Jupiter, (there is typically a conjunction of Saturn
+ Jupiter about every 20 years) the one upcoming is the closest for 397
years lets say 400 years so 400 = 20 x 20 in the year 2020. Oh and how
would you describe a conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter viewed from
earth "Like two stars Colliding" hmm did I hear that before somewhere ?
... Garabandal ? Oh the date for the conjunction is 21 Dec 2020.
You never mention the clouds. :-( ;-)
Very nice cartoon presentation. Hey, I got a bridge to sell you.
Another sign that the king is coming get ready folks
I'm scared 😔
Europe as One.
I see tyko crator is not where it should be?
lol
You might be use to looking at reversed image maps or the reversed image through a reflector scope. Plato is at the top where as I'm accustomed to seeing it at the bottom through my Newtonian.
@@gammondog Why upon observation I see tyko at different positions?and I realize we've had a pole shift,66,6 degree,and the moon.perspective has changed from northern hemisphere to southern?
I heard the conjunction happens every hundred years
You heard wrong
I’ve heard that the last was 800 yrs ago then more like 400 years ago....so I’m confused.
Try 775 years my friend.
So disappointed I will never see it, I haven't seen a star in months, city I'm in has too much light pollution, not even the brightest stars and planets are visible.
Star of Bethlehem 12/21/20 conjunction of the planets. i want to share.
12+21= 33. And 12+21+20= 53
Christ has died at 33.
So Christ was born, then he died, and finally risen. It All connects. Last number 53 is his purpose and is why is came . To save us and hes coming back to save us again! His word, his promise and his Glory. He loves us and wants us back. This is what i interpret these numbers from the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 53 . He sacrificed everything for us! Praise Lord Jesus Christ! Its Done! We are around the corner! U ready??? Get your Spirits ready!
Looking for a star or similar in December - FAIL. Jesus was not born in December.
Over 69 years since man supposedly went to the Moon and still no everyday Joe has ever been to "space". The Earth is flat, level, and stationary, and can't be moved. We are living an incredible lie.
your lack of brain cells is genuinely shocking
Very nice video 👌
Informative video uploaded 👌
Thanks 🙋