The waxing Moon will appear close to Mars and remote Uranus in the evening sky of Sunday, February 10.

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The waxing Moon will appear close to Mars and remote Uranus in the evening sky of Sunday, February 10.

How many stars can you see with naked eye inside the rectangle of Orion?

It’s colder than ever – we woke to our first snow here this morning, February 1. So you’ll think at least one and a half times before going out in tomorrow’s dawn to see what the groundhog sees.

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