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Here's the December Sky Calendar, courtesy of the Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) website:

DECEMBER 2008

01 08:33 Venus 2.0 deg S of Jupiter

01 23:58 Jupiter 1.1 deg N of Moon

02 00:59 Venus 1.0 deg S of Moon

06 05:24 FIRST QUARTER

11 14:26 Moon 0.2 deg N of M45/Pleiades star cluster

13 00:36 FULL MOON

13 09:56 Geminids Meteor Shower Peak

16 02:54 Moon 1.3 deg S of M44/Beehive/Praesepe star cluster

17 17:27 Moon 2.7 deg S of Regulus

19 18:28 LAST QUARTER

21 20:03 Winter Solstice (the original "Yuletide" celebration, which is NOT Christmas)

21 21:14 Moon 3.0 deg S of Spica

25 16:52 Moon 0.1 deg S of Antares

27 05:32 Mars 2.9 deg N of Moon

27 20:22 NEW MOON

29 10:59 Mercury 0.03 deg S of Moon

29 18:55 Jupiter 0.6 deg N of Moon

31 13:52 Mercury 1.3 deg S of Jupiter


(Important Note: Not all of these events are observable from the Philippines--I will post later which ones are visible and worth watching)

-RODION