The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)
2020 is almost over – good riddance, many will say – but hopefully December will bring with it some sparkling clear and frosty nights for us to sweep with our telescopes. Obviously we will all swing our reflectors and refractors towards the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) and lose ourselves in its clouds of green and grey, but the constellation of Orion has much more to offer than just that faraway stellar nursery. Scattered around ruddy Betelgeuse, searing Rigel and the Belt are a wealth of other fascinating objects definitely worth aiming your telescope at.