Actual Astronomy - The Observer's Calendar for February 2024

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected]   * Friday February 2nd - Last quarter Moon. - Zodiacal Light becomes visible in West for next 2 weeks after evening twilight fades - Gegenschein visible from a very dark site- highest in south next 2 weeks.   * Saturday Feb 3 - Curtis X visible in Western North America S of crater Gambart * Mon February 5th  - I think winter star party starts in Florida...man I wanted to go.... * Wed. Feb 7th - Morning event alerts - Venus 5-degrees above the moon on this morning... * Friday Feb 9th - New Moon - might be warm here * Sat Feb 10th -Young Crescent Moon visible...I think like low 20hrs old or so for those in the east. * Sunday Feb 11th - Saturn less than 2-degrees from Moon in evening sky. * Monday the 12th - Neptune just under a degree from the Moon.   * Feb 13th - Pancake Tuesday - big day in our home as a little known factoid about me...I am a Gourmet pancake maker...this is no joke. My mom is a great cook but not so hot with the pancakes so I learned to make them, my specialty is raspberry chocolate chip...if you haven't tried such a thing... be warned the ratios are tough. ----This is not a cooking show though   - February 15th Thursday - Jupiter is 3-degrees below the Moon in the evening sky  - Friday Feb 16th- First Quarter Moon lays just below the Pleiades - Lunar X visible for North America and Uranus is 3 degrees below the moon and occultation of Uranus for some..not here though… - Saturday the 17th - Lunar Straight Wall visible. - THURSDAY THE 22ND - Venus 0.6-degrees from Mars this morning. - Saturday the 24th - Full Moon. Smallest of 2024 or a "Bad" Moon....much how we have a super Moon the smallest full Moon of the year is a bad moon,  - Sunday the 25th - Try to spot Capella with the unaided eye this week before sunset.   Comets - 12P Pons Brooks remains at 8th magnitude…I haven't seen it yet…moves pretty quick, starts month in Cygnus, moves to Lacerta and Passes 1 Lacerta on Feb 12 62P/Tsuchinshan - passes into the 10th magnitude still in Leo.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop 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 the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].