Feb 21 - Dog Star

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Sirius is Dog Star and brightest star February evenings are a grand time to see Sirius. It's hard to miss as the brightest star in Earth's sky. How to spot it, mythology, science, here. Juno's look at Jupiter's swirling clouds See swirling cloud formations in the northern area of Jupiter's north temperate belt in this new view taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. Hubble sees Neptune's dark storm die In the 1980s, Voyager 2 discovered a dark storm in Neptune's dense atmosphere, and now the Hubble Space Telescope is tracking Neptune's storms. More in this NASA video. Tonight … Moon and Aries Most people see Aries as 3 stars called Hamal, Sheratan and Mesarthim.

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Tonight … Moon and Aries You'll find tonight's waxing crescent moon dancing along the southern boundary of the constellation Aries the Ram.

X-men Geir-Inge Buschmann - a nature photographer in Tromsø, Norway - wrote, "We're enjoying cold clear nights, with some fine northern lights. Last night we went out to Oldervika outside Tromsø, and had some fun with our headlamps." Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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