February 2021

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• IC2391 is well placed
• IC2395 is well placed

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• Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition

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• The Moon at perigee

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• Der Sternenhimmel im Februar: Wintersechseck, Mars und Uranus
• Moon at Last Quarter

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• NGC 2808 is well placed
• Arabische Ankunft am Mars
• α-Centaurid meteor shower 2021
• α-Centaurid meteor shower 2021
• Mercury at inferior solar conjunction
• Mercury at inferior solar conjunction

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• The United Arab Emirates Hope spacecraft will orbit Mars
• Tianwen-1: China erreicht Mars

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• China's Tianwen-1 mission will enter Mars orbit
• The Moon at perihelion
• The Moon at perihelion
• Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
• Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

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• New Moon
• New Moon

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• Mars, Mondsichel und Uranus

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• Live bei YouTube: Perseverance setzt zur Marslandung an

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• NASA’s Perseverance rover will land on Mars
• The Moon at apogee
• Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
• Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

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• Close approach of the Moon and Mars
• Close approach of the Moon and Mars
• Moon at First Quarter

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• Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at opposition

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• Mercury reaches highest point in morning sky

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• Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

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