Awesome Astronomy - February Sky Guide

Wed 01: Awesome Astronomy - February Sky Guide Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce. A podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well). Summary of content:  What to look out, and up, for in February. Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers: - A last chance look at Mercury in the morning sky - Mars a few degrees from Venus - Jupiter in Virgo, above Spica. - Saturn in the early morning sky Next up is the return of a couple of comets to our observing tick list: Comet 45P at its best on the 11th February in Hercules Comet 2P Encke returns to our skies in the constellation Pisces Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year: Ralph – the Rosette Nebula and open cluster NGC2244 in the constellation Monoceros Paul – open cluster M93 in Puppis. Jeni – supernova remnant, Messier 1 – the Crab Nebula - in Taurus And we finish this sky guide with February’s moon phases, a conjunction with the Hyades Cluster on the 5th and a penumbral eclipse on 10th/11th February. http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!