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The What's Up monthly skywatching guide is NASA's longest running web video series.
What's Up for December 2024
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What’s Up: December 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Catch December’s Celestial Highlights! This month, Venus dazzles as the “Evening Star,” Jupiter reaches its brightest for the year, and the Geminid meteor shower peaks under challenging moonlit skies. Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planet Visibility: December 3-5 – Venus…
What’s Up: November 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Planets visible in November: Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.
What’s Up: October 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A new comet is passing through the inner solar system! Time will tell if it's the brightest of the year, once it appears in twilight after about Oct. 14.
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About the What's Up production team
"What's Up" is NASA's longest running web video series. It had its first episode in April 2007 with original host Jane Houston Jones. Today, Preston Dyches, Christopher Harris, and Lisa Poje are the space enthusiasts who produce this monthly video series at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Additional astronomy subject matter guidance is provided by JPL's Bill Dunford, Lyle Tavernier, and the Night Sky Network's Kat Troche.
The What's Up team celebrates the memory of Gary Spiers, who provided astronomy observing guidance for the series for many years.