Bright Planets Dance on Moonless Evenings, A Reindeer Rides the North Pole, and Morning Mars Meets its Rival!

This image of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) was taken by Rolando Ligustri (CARA Project, CAST) and Lukas Demetz, while the comet was in outburst, under dark Namibian skies on December 21. The image spans three finger widths, left to right.NASA APOD image for December 25, 2021. Happy New Year, Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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