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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 | + | |
- | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during February 2016 ===== | + | [[http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/|Sky and Telescope's Sky at a glance]] \\ |
- | North to South, at 7-9 pm: | + | OR \\ |
- | * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | + | [[http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine's Sky This Week]] |
- | * **Camelopardalis**, | + | |
- | * **Perseus**, the King of Mycenae and slayer of monsters | + | |
- | * **Auriga**, the Charioteer | + | |
- | * **Taurus**, the Bull | + | |
- | * **Orion**, the Hunter | + | |
- | * **Lepus**, the Rabbit | + | |
- | ===== 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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