Jupiter, Mars, Venus but no Neptune.

[Alfian]

Pitched myself and the Pentax 20x60s into the really icy sub zero temperatures (with the wind chill - Brrrrrrh!) yesterday evening to catch views of Jupiter, then Mars and Venus but could not see Neptune. Low on the horizon with a bright moon so a bit optimistic maybe. Nice to be out though despite the musical teeth.

[Hallelujah]

Here's a chart off of the internet.

Neptune

Neptune reaches solar conjunction on February 26th and therefore is not visible this month.

Solar System Data Table February 2015

  Date Right Ascension Declination Apparent Magnitude Apparent Size Illum. (%) Distance from Earth (AU) Constellation Sun 5th Feb 2015 21h 12m 24.0s -16d 08m 48.2s -26.8 32.4' 100 0.986 Capricornus Sun 15th Feb 2015 21h 52m 04.1s -12d 55m 55.1s -26.8 32.4' 100 0.988 Capricornus Sun 25th Feb 2015 22h 30m 32.5s -09d 22m 01.2s -26.8 32.3' 100 0.990 Aquarius                   Mercury 5th Feb 2015 20h 21m 49.5s -15d 50m 07.8s 2.4 10.0" 09 0.672 Capricornus Mercury 15th Feb 2015 20h 14m 14.8s -18d 00m 48.3s 0.3 08.3" 39 0.807 Capricornus Mercury 25th Feb 2015 20h 46m 14.2s -18d 03m 45.1s 0.0 06.9" 59 0.968 Capricornus                   Venus 5th Feb 2015 22h 49m 08.2s -09d 05m 11.7s -3.9 11.2" 91 1.494 Aquarius Venus 15th Feb 2015 23h 34m 43.1s -04d 03m 32.3s -3.9 11.5" 89 1.452 Aquarius Venus 25th Feb 2015 00h 19m 25.1s 01d 08m 57.4s -3.9 11.9" 87 1.405 Pisces                   Mars 5th Feb 2015 23h 17m 45.5s -05d 22m 36.7s 1.2 04.4" 96 2.129 Aquarius Mars 15th Feb 2015 23h 46m 06.1s -02d 12m 56.4s 1.2 04.3" 97 2.174 Pisces Mars 25th Feb 2015 00h 14m 09.7s 00d 57m 01.3s 1.3 04.2" 97 2.218 Pisces                   Jupiter 5th Feb 2015 09h 21m 35.5s 16d 27m 18.3s -2.6 45.4" 100 4.346 Cancer Jupiter 15th Feb 2015 09h 16m 21.6s 16d 52m 14.6s -2.6 45.2" 100 4.358 Cancer Jupiter 25th Feb 2015 09h 11m 24.8s 17d 14m 52.9s -2.5 44.8" 100 4.401 Cancer                   Saturn 5th Feb 2015 16h 07m 42.9s -18d 54m 04.1s 0.6 16.3" 100 10.219 Scorpius Saturn 15th Feb 2015 16h 09m 56.7s -18d 58m 30.8s 0.6 16.5" 100 10.057 Scorpius Saturn 25th Feb 2015 16h 11m 31.8s -19d 01m 03.7s 0.5 16.8" 100 9.891 Scorpius                   Uranus 5th Feb 2015 00h 49m 36.9s 04d 37m 29.1s 5.9 03.4" 100 20.515 Pisces Uranus 15th Feb 2015 00h 51m 03.9s 04d 46m 56.6s 5.9 03.4" 100 20.652 Pisces Uranus 25th Feb 2015 00h 52m 43.7s 04d 57m 41.0s 5.9 03.4" 100 20.770 Pisces                   Neptune 5th Feb 2015 22h 33m 13.1s -09d 53m 27.5s 8.0 02.2" 100 30.888 Aquarius Neptune 15th Feb 2015 22h 34m 36.4s -09d 45m 19.0s 8.0 02.2" 100 30.937 Aquarius Neptune 25th Feb 2015 22h 36m 01.9s -09d 36m 58.4s 8.0 02.2" 100 30.957 Aquarius

[Hallelujah]

That did not turn out well, here's the link:

http://freestarcharts.com/index.php/the-planets-this-month

[Alfian]

That did not turn out well, here's the link:

http://freestarcharts.com/index.php/the-planets-this-month

Thanks for that. I was working from Stellarium which showed Neptune less than a degree "north west" of Venus at about Mag 8.

[Hallelujah]

You're welcome.