Five morning planets, Comet Catalina passes Polaris and icy Uranus and icy Vesta meet near Valentine’s Day.
February mornings feature Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. The last time this five-planet dawn lineup happened was in 2005. The planets are easy to distinguish when you use the moon as your guide. Details on viewing HERE.
If you miss all five planets this month, you’ll be able to see them again in August’s sunset sky.
Last month, Comet Catalina’s curved dust tail and straight ion tail were visible in binoculars and telescopes near two galaxies that are close to the handle of the Big Dipper. Early this month, the comet nears Polaris, the North Star. It should be visible all month long for northern hemisphere observers.
There will be more opportunities to photograph Comet Catalina paired with other objects this month. It passes the faint spiral galaxy IC 342 and a pretty planetary nebula named NGC 1501 between Feb. 10 – 29. For binocular viewers, the magnitude 6 comet pairs up with a pretty string of stars, known as Kemble’s Cascade, on Feb. 24.
Finally, through binoculars, you should be able to pick out Vesta and Uranus near one another this month. You can use the moon as a guide on Feb. 12, and the cornerstone and the corner stars of Pegasus all month long.
For more information about What’s Up in the February sky, watch our monthly video HERE.
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Supernova Remnant W49B (NASA, Chandra, 02/13/13) / http://flic.kr/p/dUA8ZC / by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
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August 3, 2015, as captured by the Himawari-8 weather satellite, is now the most beautiful day ever, and you can live it over, and over, and over, and over for ∞.
So stop what you’re doing and go to glittering.blue right now* to view the full version.
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*Warning: massive video file, not guaranteed to work on mobile, may cause moments of existential paralysis and paralyzing awe due to overview effect. You probably have questions about how this was made and what it shows. Creator Charlie Lloyd has your answers.
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Kiara for @sayasims! This was super fun!~ If you are or know a simblr that might want a drawing/drawings like this of their sim(s), send me a message! I’ll be charging for them but I haven’t decided how much yet.. Eventually I’ll open up some actual commissions :3
HQ HERE
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Christ taught to not lie or be greedy, so to celebrate his birthday I perpetuate a lie to children about a man who promotes materialism and breaks into houses.
Fire and ice
Celestial Bauble Intrigues Astronomers (NASA, Chandra, 12/20/11) / http://flic.kr/p/aYptbF / by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
My wife and I already have it preordered!
I’m so excited to officially announce “The Answer” children’s book!
Cover art by Elle Michalka!
I was so glad to get a chance to adapt this story into such a timeless format, and to work with two of my absolute favorite artists, original Crewniverse members Elle Michalka and Tiffany Ford!
I’m so in love with how this book came out, and I can’t wait for everyone to see it! It’s the classic story of how Ruby and Sapphire fell in love, but told in an entirely new way.
Please check it out soon! Thank you so much!
One of my favorites growing up.
Absolutely love these