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  2. Venus Will Shine Like a Bright Christmas Star in Tonight's ...

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    On Wednesday, December 4, stargazers are in for a treat as the two brightest objects in the sky, Venus and the moon, will appear close together, according to Space.com.

  3. Green comet 2023 – live: How to see E3 in sky tonight before ...

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    The ‘green comet’ is now visible from Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. Watch as a green comet flies by Earth. Friday 3 February 2023 07:59, Josh Marcus. Watch as a green comet flew ...

  4. 'Christmas Star' to grace the night sky this weekend - AOL

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    "Right now is a great time to go outside and look up at the night sky," Henry Throop, a planetary scientist at NASA, told ABC News. The "Christmas Star" may have historically been when Jupiter and ...

  5. Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Wikipedia

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    The ASP also connects adult Girl Scout volunteers to NASA's Night Sky Network (NSN). My Sky Tonight – a set of research-based, science-rich astronomy activities that engage pre-kindergarten aged children, and trained hundreds of educators at museums, parks, and libraries across the U.S. on how to effectively engage their youngest visitors ...

  6. Night Sky Network - Wikipedia

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    Night Sky Network is an educational effort sponsored by NASA to help educate the public through astronomy clubs across the United States, as part of NASA's Science Activation program. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] See also

  7. List of brightest stars - Wikipedia

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    Historical brightest stars, the brightest star in Earth's night sky at each period within the last or next 5 million years; Limiting magnitude; List of variable stars; List of semiregular variable stars; List of stars that have unusual dimming periods; List of brightest natural objects in the sky; List of largest stars; List of most massive stars

  8. Quadrantids, 1st meteor shower of 2025, expected to peak ...

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    PHOTO: A view of stargazing as Quadrantids meteor showers peak, at Pigeon Point Light Station in Pescadero, Calif., Jan. 4, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

  9. Orion Nebula - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years (412.1 ± 6.1 pc) away [3] [6] and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is ...