February is set to be a spectacular month for astrophotographers in the Northern Hemisphere. Long, cold winter nights favor deep sky imaging, Jupiter dominates the evening sky, and a mid-month new moon opens an important dark-sky window. Add the return of Venus as an Evening Star, Mercury’s strongest evening apparition of the year, a central solar eclipse, delicate crescent moons and subtle zodiacal light, and February offers a balanced mix of planetary, deep-sky and wide-field nightscape opportunities. Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in February 2026.
