February 2010

                                                            Northants Skies

The Moon. 

Full Moon February 28th 

New Moon February 14^th                 

Mercury is a dawn object to the stat of the month 

Venus. Venus is best seen at the end of the month

 Mars. Mars is still an evening object

Jupiter

 Jupiter. Jupiter is now unobservable in conjunction

Saturn

 

 

 

 

Saturn Saturn is well placed in the evening sky

Uranus

 

 

 

 

 

Uranus Uranus is fading into twilight

Neptune

 

 

 

 

 

Neptune.  Neptune is lost to us this month

Pluto is also unobservable this month

METEORS
The Alpha Aurigids peek between the 6^th and 9^th offering a ZHR of around 10 

 

By Mervyn Lloyd