Monday February 18th the inner planet Venus will be about 1o from the outer planet Saturn as both rise a couple of hours before the Sun rises. The two will make for an interesting view with binoculars.
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Wednesday evening, February 13th the 9-day old waxing gibbous Moon will be within about 1o from the reddish star Aldebaran in the open star cluster the Pleiades. The v-shaped Pleiades make up the face of Taurus the Bull and the star is often referred to as the angry eye of the bull due to the star’s reddish color. The entire star cluster and the Moon all fit well within the field of view of binoculars.
Further west is a planetary conjunction between Mars and Uranus. Both will fit well within the field of view of binoculars.
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Sunday evening, February 10th, after sunset local time the 6-day old waxing crescent Moon will be 6-7o from the planet Mars. Close enough to fit within the field of view of 7×50 binoculars.
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Saturday morning February 2nd the thin 27.5-day old thin waning crescent Moon will be 1-2o from the ringed planet Saturn. Both will be rising about 1 hour before the Sun rises, and the two will easily fit within the field of view of binoculars.
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Thursday morning January 31st, at sunrise, the 26-day old waning crescent Moon will be within 2-3o from the planet Venus.
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Wednesday morning January 30th, at sunrise, the 25-day old waning crescent Moon will be within 2-3o from the planet Jupiter. Venus is a few more degrees further east and the Moon will be in conjunction with Venus on the 31st.
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Wednesday January 30th the innermost planet Mercury reaches superior conjunction. At superior conjunction Mercury will be on the opposite side of the Sun. The graphic to the right shows the planet positions relative to the Earth and Sun for both inner planets and outer planets.
While at this superior conjunction Mercury will not be directly in line with the Earth and the Sun – on the ecliptic. Mercury has an orbital inclination of 7o with respect to the ecliptic. So like our Moon, Mercury during each complete orbit, will cross the plane of the ecliptic moving north (ascending node) and also moving south (descending node). For this superior conjunction Mercury will be south of the ecliptic and will reach its furthest position south of the ecliptic on February 1st.
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