The Sky This Month
Night-Time Sky
Welcome to our night-time sky. Please enjoy this month’s tidbits
of knowledge. We are lucky to live in a dark-sky area where the
heavens can shine through. I hope you enjoy the sky and perhaps
learn a thing or two. Happy star gazing!
The King of the Planets – Jupiter will be in opposition
this month on March 8th. This means that you could draw
a straight line from the Sun through the Earth to Jupiter. At
opposition, an outer planet is at its
brightest, since it is the closest to the Earth. Jupiter will be very
bright at magnitude -2.3. With a pair of binoculars, you can see
Jupiter’s largest moons. They will appear as four white dots
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