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Loving Winter! |
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Winter weather inevitably spurs on "bragging rights" - the coldest, the snowiest, the worst, etc. So, post your weather here - extreme or exquisite - and tell us about your snow, your temperature, or just how much you are enjoying this winter..... |
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EYE ON THE NIGHT SKY |
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January 2010 features Mars reaching its maximum brilliance in the eastern skies late in the month, while Jupiter fades into the western twilight. Orion, in the south, commands the winter stars.
Also, see the Night Sky page for more details on what you can see on our cold, crisp winter nights.
Questions about the cosmos? Post your comment on the Night Sky blog. |
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ALMANAC |
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February 8th's sunrise occurs at 7:00, setting this evening at 5:09, with the length of day 10 hours and 9 minutes.
Moon:
The thinning waning Crescent Moon starts this week low in the southeast in the morning twilight, on its way to a New Moon on the 13th. It will gradually return to the evening skies as a Crescent during the middle of next week.
Planets:
Evening:
Jupiter – The “king” of the planets is more-or-less lost in the Sun’s glare, just barely above the horizon, one half hour after sunset. Jupiter will remain in the Sun’s glare through mid-April. It will begin to reappear in the morning skies late in April. This fall, Jupiter will be magnificent.
Mars – Mars, not as bright as January, remains a delightful sight, and is up in the eastern skies as twilight deepens, due east about 6:45 PM EST. Mars is very high as it reaches due south at 11:00 PM EST.
Morning:
Saturn - The ringed wonder now climbs into the eastern skies about 8:40 PM EST, and will rise earlier each evening through the rest of the winter, gradually becoming an evening planet. Saturn is placed for good viewing in the southeast near 12:20 AM, and is due south at 2:40 AM.
Mercury - Mercury is once again in the Sun’s glare. It will gradually work behind the Sun through March, and return to the evening skies for a wonderful rendezvous with Venus in early April.
Venus - Venus is lost in the Sun’s glare through the rest of this month. Venus emerges in the western twilight by early March, still very low and challenging. It climbs higher as Spring arrives.
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