The Sky This Month
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 Visual Planets – This March
is a great month for viewing locally,
and by that I mean the objects that are
near to us. Starting on the evening of March 1 st , the first full
Moon of the month is visible. Coming up next are the supe-
rior planets, which are the ones farther from the Sun. From
March 7-10, the Moon will glide by Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn.
If you look to the east just before sunrise, you will see Saturn
near the horizon, then Mars a little higher, and then Jupiter a
little higher. Next up are the inferior planets, which are the
ones closer to the Sun. J