On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, plus Earth under your feet—all eight known planets of our solar system!
You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...
Spica, the Maiden's alpha star, is a blue-white B-type star shining at magnitude 1. Early this morning, the waxing Moon appears to ... just inside Taurus' border near where this constellation meets ...