2019-12-01_Astronomy

JULY

SGR

OPH

AQL

HER

LY R

CYG

VUL

SGE

EQU

LAC

CAP

MIC

AND

PEG

PSC

CET

SCL

PHE

GRU

SCO

TEL

PsA

Early

evening

Sun

Pluto

Saturn

Ceres

Neptune

Jupiter

Venus

Metis Amphitrite

Euno

mia

Venus passes 1.8° south

of Saturn on December 10

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24

An annular solar

eclipse occurs

December 26 across

parts of southern Asia,

Indonesia, Singapore,

and the Philippines

Europa

Callisto

Io

Ganymede

Jupiter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

10"

N

S

WE

Uranus Neptune Pluto

Jupiter

Saturn

Io

Ganymede

Europa

Callisto

This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) until sunrise (at left). Arrows

and colored dots show motions and locations of solar system objects during the month.

JUPITER’S

MOONS

Dots display

positions of

Galilean satellites

at 7 P.M. EST on

the date shown.

South is at the

top to match the

view through a

telescope.

DECEMBER 2019

Dec. 15

1.7

4.1"

97%

2.301

1.608

14h57.7m

–16°20'

Dec. 15

9.1

0.4"

100%

3.821

2.906

18h48.7m

–26°38'

Dec. 1

–1.8

32.1"

100%

6.147

5.239

17h57.1m

–23°18'

Dec. 1

0.6

15.4"

100%

10.779

10.037

19h16.7m

–22°10'

Dec. 15

5.7

3.7"

100%

19.170

19.821

2h02.6m

11°56'

Dec. 15

7. 9

2.3"

100%

30.032

29.933

23h09.1m

–6°34'

Dec. 15

14.4

0.1"

100%

34.795

33.939

19h33.7m

–22°20'

MARS CERES JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO