The Christmas sky

With Jupiter and Saturn still close enough to pose as a joint “Star of Bethlehem.”

See the end note about enlarging illustrations.

Note the Sun just past the winter solstice point.  And the Great Square of Pegasus on the meridian, hovering over the celestial crossroads that the Sun will reach in spring.

May the season be cheerful and safe for you and may it lead into a healthy and more cheerful year for all creatures great and small.

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ILLUSTRATIONS in these posts are made with precision but have to be inserted in another format.  You may be able to enlarge them on your monitor.  One way: right-click, and choose “View image”, then enlarge.  Or choose “Copy image”, then put it on your desktop, then open it.  On an iPad or phone, use the finger gesture that enlarges (spreading with two fingers, or tapping and dragging with three fingers).  Other methods have been suggested, such as dragging the image to the desktop and opening it in other ways.

Sometimes I make improvements or corrections to a post after piblishing  it.  If you click on the title, rather than on ‘Read more’, I think you are sure to see the latest version.

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