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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:
- Jupiter – in southeast
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
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.
