The sky in February 2013

These maps show the bright stars and the planets which are visible in the northern hemisphere towards the south and towards the north on February 15th 2013 (23h).
The vertical line corresponds to the projection on the sky of the local meridian. The red circular arc on the southern horizon represents the ecliptic (the path followed by the Sun during the year).
The constellations visible on these maps are, in alphabetical order of initials :

Andromeda (And), Auriga (Aur), Boötes (Boo), Camelopardalis (Cam), Cassiopeia (Cas), Cepheus (Cep), Cetus (Cet), Canis Major (CMa), Canis Minor (CMi), Cancer (Cnc), Coma Berenices (Com), Corona Borealis (CrB), Crater (CrT), Canes Venatici (CVn), Cygnus (Cyg), Draco (Dra), Eridanus (Eri), Gemini (Gem), Herculis (Her), Hydra (Hya), Lacerta (Lac), Leonis (Leo), Leonis Minor (LMi), Lepus (Lep), Lynx (Lyn), Monoceros (Mon), Orion (Ori), Perseus (Per), Puppis (Pup), Pyxis (Pyx), Sextans (Sex), Taurus (Tau), Triangulum (Tri). Ursa Majoris (UMa), Ursa Minoris (UMi), Virgo (Vir)

In its apparent motion along the ecliptic, the Sun is accompanied by several close planets. Those which are to the East can be seen at sun-set or at the beginning of the night, depending on their elongation and magnitude, while those which are to the West can be seen at the end of the night and at sun-rise, under the same conditions. The figure shows the configuration on February 15th 2013.

The sky maps were created using the free software Stellarium