Dec 4 - Glorious Moon and Venus, Spacecraft at Bennu

December 4 Glorious Moon and Venus, Spacecraft at Bennu by:

“Simply stunning!” wrote Andrew Bradley in Kirkham, Lancashire, England, on Tuesday morning. See more photos of the moon and Venus The waning crescent moon swept past Venus Monday and Tuesday mornings. The EarthSky community caught photos! See them here. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu After traveling through space for more than 2 years, a NASA spacecraft arrived at its destination, asteroid Bennu, on Monday. Read more. One full rotation of asteroid Bennu, seen up close for the 1st time ever on Monday by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, at a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). Image via NASA Goddard/U. of Arizona. Plus, 2 tales of galaxies ... A giant relic of a disrupted tadpole galaxy If it lay at the distance of the Andromeda galaxy - about 2.5 million light-years away - the tail of the "tadpole" galaxy would reach a 5th of the way to our Milky Way. See its picture. The spectacular Large Magellanic Cloud The Large Magellanic Cloud is visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. It's a satellite galaxy to our larger Milky Way. How to see it.

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Moon and Venus December 2 to 5 Will you see Mercury near the moon on Wednesday morning? It's possible, if your sky is very clear to the east before sunup. With a clear sky, you'll surely see bright Venus! Read more.

See it! Moon and Venus close “Moon, Venus, Earth,” wrote Brett Joseph in San Anselmo, California, on Monday. Can’t see Venus in this daylight photo? It’s in the lower left of the photo. More photos here. Can you really see Venus in daylight? Yes, you can, especially around now when it's at its brightest. Here's how.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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