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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: 
-  * **Uranus** ​ -- in southwest 
-  * **Neptune** -- in southwest, early February only 
  
-Midnight: +For sky highlights see:
-  * **Jupiter** -- in southeast +
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-Morning Sky: +
-  * **Mercury** -- in southeast +
-  * **Venus** ​  -- in southeast +
-  * **Mars** ​   -- in south +
-  * **Jupiter** -- in west +
-  * **Saturn** ​ -- in south +
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-===== 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 +
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-===== SKY EXTRAS in February 2016 ===== +
-  * 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. +
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 +[[http://​www.astronomy.com/​observing/​sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine'​s Sky This Week]] ​