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Article: A Parade of Planets to Photograph!
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
- Author:
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The monthly All-sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 6:00 p.m. (your local time) on February 15. Useful all month, the chart (except for planer positions) os also accurate for 7:00 p.m. on February 1 and 5:00 p.m. on February 29.
Pull out your binoculars or telescope this month for some excellent Moon and planet watching!
New Moon occurs on Feb. 5, when the illuminated side of the Moon faces away from Earth. The next night, use a pair of binoculars to scan the western sky just after sunset for a very thin crescent Moon. I remember looking for the crescent Moon in Aruba, the night after the February 1998 total solar eclipse; the ...