By Erich Karkoschka
Saturn is only visible until February 11 during dusk.
Mercury starts its best evening visibility of the year on March 10.
Jupiter transits high at sunset at the beginning of February. However, by the end of March it is already down to 20 degrees high in the west when it becomes visible right after sunset.
Uranus is high in the evening sky and sets around midnight.
Venus and Mars are visible during dawn. First, Mars is difficult to see 10 degrees to the lower left of Venus. On February 22, they are only .6 degrees apart from each other with Venus 100 times brighter than Mars. Then Mars will be to the upper right of Venus with their distance increasing to 18 degrees by the end of March.
The Moon has two conjunctions with Jupiter on February 14 and March 13. The close conjunction with Mercury or February 11 is also interesting to watch since the moon will be a very thin crescent.
There is a penumbral lunar eclipse at midnight of March 24. Since it is almost partial, the darkening will be quite obvious.