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The Night Sky this February! 2 Feb 2025 What to look out for in the night sky from Eynsham

This is not intended to be comprehensive - it is a quick guide to help you find a few things in the night sky without any equipment - just your eyes.

All of these are very bright and easy to find when walking around the village.

The planets - lots to see this month!

Mercury is very low in the SE at sunset it is very low and hard to see as it is close to the Sun.

Venus - The brightest object in the sky, (after the Sun and the Moon) - in beginning of the month at Sunset in the SW and setting in the W about 9pm. Then towards the end of the month at Sunset it is in the SW and sets around 7pm in the west.

Saturn at Sunset in is in the SW for about and hour but it is too low to see towards the middle of the month.

Mars glowing red most of the night! It is in the East at sunset at the beginning of the month. It is seen setting in the west at 5am and 3pm at the end of the month.

Jupiter is very bright. At sunset it is high in the SE - sets at am in the west around 1am.

The full Moon is on the 12th and in the East at sunset

There is a very bright and early International Space Station passes (ISS) on the 23rd at 4:50am.

I have made or found the following charts to help you find: -

  • 2nd – Moon, Venus and Saturn
  • 6th – Moon, Jupiter and Taurus
  • 8th – Moon, Mars and Gemini
  • 9th - Moon and Mars
  • 22nd – Moon and Leo
  • 23rd – International Space Station pass
  • Phases of the Moon

 

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