What’s happening in the February 2021 skies? I love February as it is the start of the Milky Way season when the Southern Cross rises earlier each night which also means that the Milky Way becomes more and more visible! So, start to check it out on the New Moon...
At about 8:30pm AEDT on mid-February evenings, the Pleiades open star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters is positioned midway up in the Northern sky. The rest of its home constellation Taurus, the Bull sits to the East of the cluster. How to find the Pleiades –...
Looking South on February 8th (image created in Stellarium) Night Sky facing North on February 9 (Image created in Stellarium) Planets in early morning sky on Feb 14 2021 looking East (Image created in Stellarium) Looking North West on the night of 17th around 9am...
Mercury will return to the morning sky after its inferior conjunction on the 8th. It will be hard to see as it will be rising only 25 minutes before sunrise by the 14th when it will be north of Jupiter in the early morning. You can see Jupiter, Venus and Mercury...
The Moon this Month (All times are in Australian Eastern Daylight Time) Last quarter Moon: 04:38am February 5thNew Moon: 06:06am February 12thFirst Quarter: 05:48am February 20thFull Moon: 07:18pm February...
