My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 02.2019

FEBRUARY 2019 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart D G Va oub ala x O ria le Di pe ble sta y n ff G r s Pl lob use clu tar an ul ne ste et ar clu bul r ar a y ne ste bu r la Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon’s limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. N ASA / LRO February 19 21 20 MOON PHASES TUE MON SUN WED S AT FRI THU 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Mo o Feb n 19 3 Moon Feb 1 6 e NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER February 4 February 12 21:04 UT 22:26 UT FULL MOON LAST QUARTER February 19 February 26 15:54 UT 11:28 UT g -1 0 DISTANCES Apogee February 5, 09 h UT 406,555 km Diameter 29′ 23″ Perigee February 19, 09 h UT 356,761 km Diameter 33′ 29″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS 42 x • Pingre Crater February 19 • Neumayer Crater February 20 • Helmholtz Crater February 21 FE B RUA RY 2 019 • SK Y & TELESCOPE 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you’re facing is at the bottom. That’s the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you’re not facing. g

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