Night sky in February
These charts show the whole sky at about 10 pm in mid-February (9 pm at the end of the month, 11 pm at the start; add an hour for daylight saving time). From 40° N the constellations highest in the sky are Lynx, Gemini, Auriga and Cancer.
Hold the chart above your head with the bottom edge toward the direction you face: the center is the point straight overhead (zenith), the edge is the horizon. East is on the left because you look up at the sky, not down at a map.
50° N40° N30° N20° Nthe equator35° S
Sky chart for 50° N
Constellations high in the sky from 50° N: Lynx, Auriga, Camelopardalis, Gemini, Cancer, Ursa Major, Leo Minor, Perseus, Canis Minor, Ursa Minor.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Pollux, Regulus.
Sky chart for 40° N
Constellations high in the sky from 40° N: Lynx, Gemini, Auriga, Cancer, Leo Minor, Canis Minor, Camelopardalis, Ursa Major, Monoceros, Orion.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Pollux, Regulus.
Sky chart for 30° N
Constellations high in the sky from 30° N: Gemini, Cancer, Lynx, Auriga, Canis Minor, Leo Minor, Monoceros, Orion, Leo, Taurus.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Pollux, Regulus.
Sky chart for 20° N
Constellations high in the sky from 20° N: Gemini, Cancer, Canis Minor, Monoceros, Lynx, Auriga, Orion, Leo Minor, Leo, Sextans.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Canopus, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Pollux.
Sky chart for the equator
Constellations high in the sky from the equator: Canis Minor, Monoceros, Cancer, Gemini, Canis Major, Orion, Pyxis, Puppis, Lepus, Sextans.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Canopus, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Pollux.
Sky chart for 35° S
Constellations high in the sky from 35° S: Puppis, Pyxis, Canis Major, Columba, Vela, Carina, Pictor, Antlia, Lepus, Monoceros.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Rigel, Procyon, Achernar, Betelgeuse, Hadar.
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