EPISODE · Dec 11, 2022 · 4 MIN
The so-called lunar standstill and the Geminid meteor shower
from SkyCaramba · host SkyCaramba
Mercury and Venus trek across the northern part of Sagittarius as they barely make it into the evening sky. The moon goes farther north and south each month as it approaches a so-called major lunar standstill. The Geminid meteor shower peaks this week. The first astronomers who saw this shower described it as not very active, but things have changed.
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Mercury and Venus trek across the northern part of Sagittarius as they barely make it into the evening sky.
The moon goes farther north and south each month as it approaches a so-called major lunar standstill.
The Geminid meteor shower peaks this...
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