What to look out, and up, for in December.

Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month's skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers:

• The features visible on Mars
• Jupiter visible in the morning sky
• Venus in the evening sky
• The Lyrid meteor shower

Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year.

• Ralph – The Beehive and King Cobra open clusters in Cancer
• Jen - M82, The Cigar Galaxy, and M81, a starburst galaxy in Ursa Major
• Paul – A tour of the Virgo cluster of galaxies and Markarian's Chain

And we finish this sky guide with April's moon phases.