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Stunning Images of the February Dawn Planetary Line-up from Around the World

Stunning Images of the February Dawn Planetary Line-up from Around the World

Have you seen them? There’s been a quintet of good reasons to awaken early this past week, as the February dawn sky hosts all five classical planets, very nearly in order: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. For a few days, the waning crescent Moon even joined the show on the weeks leading up to New on February 8th. Fleeting Mercury breaks the streak later this week, exiting the dawn sky as…

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And Mercury Makes Five: See All Naked Eye Planets in the Sky at Once

And Mercury Makes Five: See All Naked Eye Planets in the Sky at Once

A fine sight greets early risers this week into the month of February, as all five naked eye planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter ring the sky from horizon to horizon.

Though not a true planetary alignment as extolled by many websites, this is a great chance to see all five classical planets above the horizon at once… or seven, if you count the waning gibbous Moon and the rising Sun,…

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The Moon Greets the Planets in the November Dawn

The Moon Greets the Planets in the November Dawn

A tri-planetary grouping from the morning of October 31st. Image credit and copyright: John Brimacombe

So, did this past weekend’s shift back to Standard Time for most of North America throw you for a loop? Coming the day after Halloween, 2015 was the earliest we can now shift back off Daylight Saving Time. Sunday won’t fall on November 1st again until 2020. Expect evenings get darker sooner for…

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