In some cases you have a choice of stars for this date. Remember that a brighter star has a smaller magnitude number, if that is your choice.

Name: 21 SGR
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Dec 27
Magnitude: 4.8
Spectrum/Star type: Orange Giant
Distance in Light Years: 600
Luminosity compared to Sun: ~250
Date best observed: Aug 12
Additional information: This is a double star.

Name: 22Lambda SGR Kaus Borealis
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Dec 27
Magnitude: 2.8
Spectrum/Star type: Orange Giant
Distance in Light Years: 77
Diameter compared to Sun: 10
Luminosity compared to Sun: 30
Date best observed: Aug 12
Additional information: From Arabic & Latin for “Northern Part of the Bow”. Three degrees to the NE is the beautiful globular cluster M22 at 5.1 mag.

Name: Gamma SCT
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Dec 28
Magnitude: 4.7
Spectrum/Star type: White
Distance in Light Years: 290
Diameter compared to Sun: ~4
Luminosity compared to Sun: ~110
Date best observed: Aug 13
Additional information: A zodiac star in The Shield, Scutum, fast-rotating. The beautiful Scutum Star Cloud is above this star, and 2 gorgeous telescopic nebulae are just to its west! Jim Kaler in his STARS website tells us that Gamma Scutum is coming our way – 2 million years from now it will be only 14 light-years away and shine brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky.

Name: Messier 25, SGR
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Dec 28
Magnitude: 4.6
Spectrum/Star type: Blue
Distance in Light Years: 2000
Date best observed: Aug 13
Additional information: A modestly bright small cluster with 50 stars – a bright spot in The Milky Way. It is young – only 50 million years old. It is number 24 in Messier’s Catalog of objects he would not confuse with a comet.