Actual Astronomy - February Observer's Calendar

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected]

This month we talk about the Moon occulting Regulus, Saturn and Neptune pairing up while Mercury is visible in the evening sky and occulted by the Moon for some. The Zodiacal light also becomes visible in February and we give you the details on seeing lunar features and some of the best Deep Sky objects plus the Carbon and Double Stars to see at this month.

 

Feb 1 - Full Moon - 26 Aur Coulorful Double

Feb 2 - Regulus occulted by Moon for Most NA 8:50pm EST

Feb 3 - Zodiacal Light becomes visible this month in W evening skies when Moon isn't in sky.

Feb 6 - Carbon Star W Orion best this evening

Feb 7 h3945 CMa, a Colorful Double well placed

Feb 9th Last Quarter Moon - Gegenschein high in S at midnight for next 2 weeks

     NGC 1502 Well placed at the end of Kemble's Cascade

Feb 10th - Antares 0.7 degrees N of Moon - Not here in NA! - Lunar Curtis X visible

Feb 17 - New Moon / Young Crescent Moon visible in W after Sunset - Annular Eclipse…for Antarctica

Feb 18 - Venus 1.7 degrees S of Moon and Mercury .1 degrees N of Moon, Occultation for S USA.

Feb 19 - Mercury at greatest Elongation 18-degrees from Sun in evening sky. 

Feb 23 - Hipparchus Ray - 20 Gem Colorful double star - Carbon Star UU Aur best

Feb 24 First Quarter Moon & PLEIADES - Magnus Ray visible and Mons Pico & Beta

Feb 25th - Lunar Straight Wall Visible - 38 Gem colorful Double

Feb 26th - Mercury 5-degrees N of Venus

Feb 27th - Jupiter 4-degrees S of Moon - Not here - NGC 2403, NGC 2392 & NGC 2237 Well Placed

Feb 15 - Saturn .9 degrees S of Neptune - NGC 2362 Well placed this evening

 

We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. 

Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can!

Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! 

Every bit helps! Thank you!

------------------------------------

Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness!

http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. 

Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!)

------------------------------------

The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu

Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].