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Cassiopeia and Parade of Planets

On Sunday, February 14, 2021 we recommend you to find in the sky a bright variable star of V Cassiopeia, which will reach its maximum brightness exactly by St Valentine’s Day In addition, this week you can observe not only the planets one by one, but the real parade of 4 of them: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.

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What Will The January Sky Show Us?

The night sky in January is traditionally considered the most beautiful and generous for astronomical observations’ lovers. The bright constellations of Orion, Taurus and Auriga will be clearly visible above the southern horizon. In addition, it will also be possible to perfectly see the Horsehead and Orion nebulae, as well as the most beautiful star clusters of the Pleiades and Hyades.

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Glacier Covered with Tarpaulin

In Italy a glacier was covered with tarpaulin to protect it from melting. In the northern Italy, environmentalists are right now trying to cover the Presena Glacier in the Alps with tarpaulin. Long-term observations say that since 1993 the glacier has already lost more than a third of its area and the situation is getting worse.

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