{"id":17734,"date":"2019-02-04T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2019-02-04T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:16:55","slug":"video-night-sky-highlights-for-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17734","title":{"rendered":"Video: Night sky highlights for February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of the night sky in February from NASA JPL: <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/resources\/2271\/whats-up-february-2019-skywatching-from-nasa\/\" target=\"_d\">What&#8217;s Up: February 2019 Skywatching from NASA | Solar System Exploration: NASA Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius. February also brings some pretty pairings with Venus, Saturn and the Moon, and the best opportunity of the year to catch a glimpse of Mercury. We also point out locations in the sky of several destinations recently visited by NASA spacecraft.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CUaYcikaarE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1324000937\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1324000937&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=468ff49ede077d250412965bfd1e1e95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Einstein&#8217;s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1324000937\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1324000937&amp;asins=1324000937&amp;linkId=dc1c05f116d882f06ee4e91c70595423&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of the night sky in February from NASA JPL: What&#8217;s Up: February 2019 Skywatching from NASA | Solar System Exploration: NASA Science What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius. February also brings some pretty pairings with Venus, Saturn and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17734\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Night sky highlights for February 2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4C2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24834,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24834","url_meta":{"origin":17734,"position":0},"title":"Night sky highlights for February 2022","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"** What's Up: February 2022 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA JPL What are some skywatching highlights in February 2022? 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