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MERCURY reaches its greatest eastern elongation on February 18, when it will set an hour and ten minutes after the sun. It is not easy to see this planet, but a sharp look-out just after sunset in a situation where there is a good view of the western horizon may be rewarded. There will be no risk of confusion with Venus, which passes through inferior conjunction on February 5, and will not be visible in the evening sky after that date for several months, though it will be a brilliant object in the early morning sky just before sunrise. Mars is getting near the sun. On February 18 it will set twenty-two minutes before Mercury, and will be practically invisible in the glare of the sunset. Jupiter can be well seen in the early morning. In February it will rise at about 10 p.m. Saturn will be too near the sun for observation. It passes through conjunction on February 8.
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The Night-Sky in February. Nature 133, 136 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133136c0
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