‘Christmas Star’ to grace the night sky this weekend; crescent moon and possibility of more displays of the Northern lights [Video]

A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days.

In addition to the crescent moon and the possibility of more displays of the Northern lights, Venus, the brightest celestial body in the sky other than the moon and sun, will be glowing bright starting on Wednesday, and Jupiter will go into opposition on Saturday, according to researchers.

“Right now is a great time to go outside and look up at the night sky,” Henry Throop, a planetary scientist at NASA, told ABC News.

The “Christmas Star” may have historically been when Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn or a conjunction between Jupiter and Venus, according to astronomy.com.

Today, Venus is referred to as the “Christmas Star” because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said.

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