Channel: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: What are some skywatching highlights in February 2022? Jupiter is the lone planet lingering in twilight skies after sunset in February. It exits the evening sky this month leaving no bright planets there until August (save for a brief appearance from Mercury in April). Also Venus is at peak brightness for the year in the a.m., and it's a great time to view the Orion Nebula. 0:00 Intro 0:11 Jupiter departs evening skies 1:00 Venus at its brightest 1:43 The Orion Nebula 2:46 Moon Phases Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/home.