- Night Sky Note for February 6, 2012 :
Monday, February 6, 2012
Venus and Jupiter are 35 degrees apart. Watch as they converge. The pair will be just 3 degrees apart on March 13th. Venus and Jupiter are the two brightest "stars" in the evening sky right now. - Night Sky Note for February 5, 2012 :
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Venus is 5 degrees away from Uranus. Venus will pass Uranus by just 1/3 of a degree on the 9th of February. Use binoculars to see 6th magnitude Uranus to the upper left of Venus. - Night Sky Note for February 4, 2012 :
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Moon is within the winter circle. The winter circle consists of seven stars: Sirius, Procyon, Pollux, Castor, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel. Can you find them all? - Night Sky Note for February 3, 2012 :
Friday, February 3, 2012
Mars rises about 25 minutes before Venus sets. Can you spot them at the same time? Venus will be very low in the west when Mars is very low in the east. Search for them about 3 hours after sunset. - Night Sky Note for February 2, 2012 :
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Groundhog's day marks a cross quarter day. Cross quarter days are the days about halfway between the start of the seasons. Groundhog's day is about halfway between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. - Night Sky Note for February 1, 2012 :
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The waxing gibbous Moon is between the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters. Use binoculars to see the Pleiades above the Moon in the evening sky. Venus and Jupiter are 40 degrees apart. The two bright planets are moving about 1 degree/day closer to each other. - Night Sky Note for January 31, 2012 :
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Venus is 10 degrees from Uranus. Venus passes Uranus on February 9th by just 0.3 degrees. Look for 6th magnitude Uranus with binoculars. Uranus is to the upper right of Venus.
The above information is a feed from the Abrams Planetarium Night Sky Notes
