            APOD: 2017 December 12 - Highlights of the Winter Sky

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                               2017 December 12
                                      [2]
                        Highlights of the Winter Sky
               Illustration Credit & Copyright: Universe2go.com

Explanation: What's [3] up [4]  in the sky this winter? The featured graphic
gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere. Viewed as a clock [5]
face centered at the bottom, early winter sky events fan out toward the left,
while late winter events are projected toward the right. Objects relatively
close to Earth [6]  are illustrated, in general, as nearer to the cartoon
figure with the telescope at the bottom center -- although almost everything
pictured can be seen without a telescope [7] . Highlights of this winter's sky
include the Geminids meteor shower [8]  peaking this week, the constellation
of Orion [9]  becoming notable in the evening sky, and many planets [10]
being visible before sunrise in February. As true in every season, the
International Space Station [11] (ISS [12] ) can be sometimes be found [13]
drifting across your sky if you know just when and where to look.

                  Tomorrow's picture: meteors reflected [14]

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    Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [26] (MTU [27] ) & Jerry Bonnell [28]
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  [1] archivepix.html
  [2] image/1712/Winter1718Highlights_Universe2go_4994.jpg
  [3] https://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/jpl/whats-up-december-2017
  [4]
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/video/
jpl-20171201-whatsuf-0001-180cc.mp4
  [5] ap171107.html
  [6] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth
  [7] https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/91/241885262_43e540cf94.jpg
  [8] ap151223.html
  [9] ap150326.html
  [10] ap151108.html
  [11] ap110309.html
  [12] ap161105.html
  [13] https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
  [14] ap171213.html
  [15] ap171211.html
  [16] archivepix.html
  [17] lib/apsubmit2015.html
  [18] lib/aptree.html
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  [25] ap171213.html
  [26] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [27] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [28] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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