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  • Stargazing News - February 6th, 2025

    From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Wednesday, February 05, 2025 06:44:45
    Thursday, February 6, 2025

    Moon Shines above Jupiter (evening)

    As the sky darkens after sunset on Thursday evening, February 6, the bright planet Jupiter will shine less than a palm's width below (or 5 degrees to the celestial south of) the waxing gibbous moon high in the southern sky - close enough to share the view in binoculars (orange circle). By early evening, the bright stars of winter will appear around them, particularly yellowish Capella well to their upper left (or celestial north) and reddish Aldebaran just to their lower right (celestial south). Those stars are part of the huge winter hexagon asterism. The moon and Jupiter will culminate due south around 8 p.m. local time and set in the west in the wee hours of Friday morning.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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