Northern Sky: February 6

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota. She authors the Minnesota Starwatch column, and contributes to WTIP bi-weekly on the Monday North Shore Morning program through "Northern Sky," where she shares what's happening with stars, planets and more.

The East-to-West line up, an hour before sunrise: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Antares, Mars, Spica, Jupiter, and Regulus; evening sky action in the south; Orion's Belt and Sword with the Orion Nebula and Horsehead Nebula; and the Earth prepares to lap Jupiter.