An overview of the major celestial bodies of the Solar System
Sun: Runs in Capricorn from 1 to 16 and enters Aquarius from 17. Spring on February 5 and rain on February 19.
Mercury: Morning Star, retrograde in Sagittarius on the 1st to 4th, retrograde in The retrograde on the 4th, and capricorn retrograde from February 15th. Observation conditions are better in the middle of this month. On the 17th, Mercury has a large distance to the west, with a solar distance angle of about 26.3° and an apparent brightness of about 0 magnitude.
Venus: Morning star, going downhill in Sagittarius. The sun distance angle expands from about 30° at the beginning of the month to about 45°. The rise at the end of the month is about 25° at sunrise, the brightness is -4.8, and the observation conditions are excellent.
Mars: Going downhill in Sagittarius. The month rises at around 4:35 a.m. and at the end of the month at about 4:10 a.m. It is about 45° from the sun and has an apparent brightness of about 1.3 degrees. It rises and falls almost with Venus.
Jupiter: Advantag. At the beginning of the month, it is about 25° from the sun, and then it quickly approaches the sun, and the observation conditions are not good.
Saturn: Anterograde in Capricorn. Too close to the sun to be barely visible.
Uranus: Anterograde in Aries. The drop-off time was moved from about 0:20 to around 10:35. The sun angle is reduced to about 61 °, and the apparent brightness is about 5.9, which is conducive to observation.
Neptune: Going down in Aquarius. The drop-off time was moved from about 20:30 to about 18:45. The sun distance angle is reduced to about 13 °, the apparent brightness is about 7.8, etc., and the observation conditions are not good.
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February 13 Venus merges with Mars + Venus is the brightest
Rare index ★★★ ☆☆
Difficulty index ★ ☆☆☆☆☆
Referral index ★★★★★
Venus, known as Taibai in ancient China, is the brightest star in the sky. Because it is very dazzling, it has a very high position in Taoism and in the folk. Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, so it doesn't appear far from the Sun, and it will look exceptionally bright and charming in the eastern sky before sunrise and the western sky after sunset. Venus that appears at dawn is also called Qiming, and Venus that appears at dusk is also called Chang Gung.
About a month after passing near the Sun, Venus comes to a position where the angle and distance are suitable, and the brightness reaches the brightest, about -4.8 ~ -4.9. The brightest hour of the year is the early morning of February 13, and there is no moonlight impact, so it is a very good opportunity to admire Venus. On a clear and dark night, you can even try to enjoy the beautiful reflection of yourself illuminated by Venus.
On Feb. 13, Mars also happened to travel about 6.5 degrees south of Venus. In fact, since Venus is in a "bending" position, from late January to mid-April, Venus () will always be with Mars (far away and not more than 10°). The next time the CP is "inseparable" will not be until june to September 2028.
February 13, 2022 Dawn Eastern Starry Sky (Source: Water Brother/Stellarium Simulation)
February 17 Mercury West Daisetsu
Rare index ★ ☆☆☆☆☆
Difficulty index ★★★ ☆☆
For the first time this year, Mercury is at west, and you can look for it near the eastern horizon before sunrise around February 17. However, because Mercury's position at this time is still south of the celestial equator, the horizon altitude at sunrise is only about 15°, and the observation opportunity is only about 40 minutes before and after 6 o'clock in the morning.
Low eastern altitude before sunrise on February 17, 2022 (Source: Water Brother/Stellarium simulation)
Star chart at 10:00 on February 15, 2022 (left) and 22:00 on February 15, 2022 (right) (Source: HEAVENS-ABOVE.com)
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