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Starry Night This Week Mars at its Closest and Brightest Until 2016 This December
Mars will be at its closest approach to Earth on December 18th. Stay up late enough and you'll be able to compare its brightness to that of Sirius, the brightest star in our sky. Use Orion's belt as a pointer to find Sirius.
An added treat the day before Mars reaches opposition: on the evening of December 23rd, Mars and the full Moon will be less than a degree apart in the sky! Grab your binoculars and visit the nearby M35 star cluster while you're in the neighborhood. Still want to know more? Click here for an archive of the past shows. Introduce yourself to the wonders of the night sky with Starry Night Backyard. Astronomy software so realistic and easy to use that learning your way around the night sky has never been easier. Learn how to identify planets, stars and constellations. View the heavens from your own backyard or anyplace on Earth. Blast-off and explore the solar system, ride a comet or check out the view from the International Space Station. Do it all using Starry Night Backyard. And for those whose interest in the night sky goes even deeper, you'll want to get the new advanced Starry Night Pro. With extended data sets, dozens of new Pro-only features and Internet support not found in any other program you'll wonder how you ever observed without it! See the wonders of our Universe in all its three-dimensional glory. Pilot a starship through 700 million light years of space and 30,000 galaxies. See what's really out there, with Deep Space Explorer. Feel free to send us an email if you have any questions about Starry Night that you can't find answered here on our website. We also welcome your feedback and suggestions. |
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