# February 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA (JPL-20250131-WHATSUf-0001-Whats Up February 2025cc)

What are some skywatching highlights in February 2025? Venus blazes at its brightest in the early evening, despite being only a slim crescent through the telescope eyepiece. Mars and Jupiter to rule the night sky after Venus sets, amid the menagerie of bright winter stars in Orion, Taurus, and Gemini. And enhance your astronomy IQ by knowing the difference between a conjunction and an appulse. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:February_2025_Skywatching_Tips_from_NASA_(JPL-20250131-WHATSUf-0001-Whats_Up_February_2025cc).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/187638265?play=1)