Northern Sky: December 10 - 23

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

The darkest skies of the year in December with Fomalhaut the sole bright star in the south; Mercury is seen low in the southwest after sunset on the 10th; the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the 13th and 14th, coinciding with a full moon.

(Photo by Craig O'Neal on Flickr)