FEBRUARY 2021: Twilight planets delight.

Be ready to catch the early morning appearance of four planets: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. JAMIE COOPER gl The evening skies of February carry the distant giants Neptune and Uranus - Neptune is lost quickly in twilight, but Uranus lingers a while. Try on the morning of Saturday, February 20, to spot all three planets in a triangle: Saturn and Mercury rise together 4.4° apart around 5:40 A.M. local time, followed by Jupiter 7° east of Saturn about 22 minutes later. Mercury is closest to Earth at 0.85 AU, while Jupiter is at 6 AU and Saturn is a distant 10.8 AU away. [Extracted from the article]
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