Planet Scenes February 2025

			February 17:  Venus, Jupiter, and Mars On this extremely clear but cold evening after a tremendous wind storm, we had a great view of Venus high in the west after sunset, then Jupiter directly overhead as night fell and lastly Mars, high in the east.
		February 10:  Venus Still Moving in Pisces Venus continues to dominate the evening sky, but now just beginning to slow down and ever so slightly trend lower each evening; also, Venus continues to curve northward above the ecliptic.  Saturn is sinking lower in the twilight each day, so by now its motion against the stars is difficult to discern.
	February 7:  T Coronae Borealis Yet another check in on T Coronae Borealis to see whether the star-sized hydrogen bomb has gone off yet ~ it would appear that the answer is NO.  The wait continues.
	February 4:  Evening Planets Venus, Saturn and Neptune are arrayed along the ecliptic from Aquarius into Pisces.  In this view that was somewhat spoiled by clouds, Venus is bloated into something that almost looks like a full Moon, while Saturn and Neptune are faint.  Later in the month, Mercury will emerge from the glare and have a conjunction with Saturn and then Neptune.
	February 3:  Mars Retrograding Mars is still brighter than every star in the night sky except for Sirius, now shining at magnitude -0.98 in Gemini, and making an isoceles triangle with the heavenly twins, Castor and Pollux.

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