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Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for FEBRUARY 2016
February 8 – New Moon
February 15 – First Quarter
February 22 – Full Moon
February 26 – General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us!
PLANETS in February 2016
Evening Sky:
Midnight:
Morning Sky:
Mercury – in southeast
Venus – in southeast
Mars – in south
Jupiter – in west
Saturn – in south
CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during February 2016
North to South, at 7-9 pm:
Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper
Camelopardalis,
Perseus, the King of Mycenae and slayer of monsters
Auriga, the Charioteer
Taurus, the Bull
Orion, the Hunter
Lepus, the Rabbit
The moon meets up with Mercury and Venus just before sunrise on the morning of Saturday, February 6. Have a look to the southeast about 7:00 am or a bit earlier.
Jupiter's moon Ganymede leaves a shadow in the middle of Jupiter's face, February 16 about 11:30 pm.
Comet Catalina C/2013 US10 will fade rapidly but will still be visible in binoculars all month relatively high in early evenings, in the constellation Camelopardalis.
No great meteor showers in February.