December skywatching: What to look out for

Observatory opening this Thursday, winter solstice, meteor showers, and more great reasons to look up this December!

If you were in Northwest Scotland last week, you may have noticed some outrageously clear skies on Tuesday evening. Of course, this was the one evening we weren’t actually at home, so no chance for using the telescopes, but we did snap this iPhone picture of the amazing stars on show, which pretty much sums up what it looked like to the naked eye:

Which…