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DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

1 Friday

An early-in-the-month start for our Deep-Sky Tour on page 56 takes advantage of the Moon moving into the morning sky. Observe before 20:00 UT on 1 December for the darkest sky.

2 Saturday

Just before dawn, the 77%-lit waning gibbous Moon sits 3° to the north of the Beehive Cluster, M44.

Ganymede transits Jupiteruntil 04:56 UT.

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