directly from the site of astronomia.com we mark the sky of March: Sun
It is located in the constellation Aquarius until the 12th, when he enters the constellation of Pisces. Sunday 28 March, at two, enter into daylight saving time. hands move clocks one hour forward and that will mark more than one hour to two hours and TMEC from GMT. The situation will remain unchanged until 31 October, the date of restoring standard time.
Spring Equinox: March 20, at 17:28
The sun rises and sets, respectively, to the east and west, and is exactly the point of intersection between the ecliptic and celestial equator, called the Point of Aries. Day and night are of equal duration.
March 1
rises at 6:46 to 24:23
passes set at 18:00 on March 15
rises at 6:23 to 12:19
passes set at 18:16
March 31 (Opening expressed in Summer Time)
rises at 6:53 to 13:14
passes set at 19:35
complete ephemeris
The length of day increases by about 1 hour and 25 minutes after the start of the month.
Moon rises at 19:22 on March 1
passes set at 6:46 to 0:32
March 15
rises at 5:50 to 11:55
passes set at 18:09
March 31
rises at 20:41
passes set at 06:09 to 00:53
complete ephemeris
phases of the moon of the month:
Last Quarter 7 (at 15:44)
the New Moon 15 (21:03 hours )
the First Quarter 23 (11:02 hours)
Full Moon 30 (2:27 hours)
On April 12 at 10:23 Moon reaches apogee (406,007 kilometers away), remembered the day 28 at 04:40 will be in the closest point to Earth during its orbit, the apogee (361,877 kilometers).
position of the planets Mercury
Mercury earlier this month dell'elusivo difficult to observe the planet. Initially present in the morning sky, disappears between dawn and day 14 is in superior conjunction with the Sun, remaining undetectable until its reappearance during the evening twilight. The range of observability is growing rapidly in the last days of March and this month the planet sets in the West about an hour and a half after the sun.
WARNING: If you use an optical instrument to observe the planet, do not give the Sun NEVER if you are not provided with the proper filter. This would result in irreparable damage to the eye!
Venus Venus the brightest planet in the sky is still observable only at the beginning of the evening, even if he gains another half hour of visibility. A month-end sets just over an hour and a half after the Sun: Venus is in fact just above Mercury's western horizon. On day 3 the planet passes from the constellation of Aquarius to Pisces, the crosses in full (with a brief foray in the constellation Cetus) and ends the month of March in Aries.
Mars Mars: the red planet this month is also one of the most visible objects in the sky. After sunset, the sun is already high on the eastern horizon and can be observed for most of the night. Throughout the month remains in the constellation Cancer, which initially moves in retrograde motion until 11 days, then return to direct motion, which leads him to slowly move close to the constellation Leo, which will reach in May.
Jupiter Jupiter after conjunction with the Sun took place right at the end of February, the planet remains virtually undetectable for all month. The gas giant slowly walks away the sun to reappear in the morning, but it is so low in the east remain confused by the lights of dawn. Jupiter is passing through the constellation Aquarius.
In terms of observability are always worthy of note are the four Galilean satellites (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), which appear as small white dots that dance from side to side on the planet's equator.
Saturn Saturn: March 22 the planet is in opposition, which makes it possible to observe Saturn for almost the entire night. With the dimming of the lights of the sunset the planet appears on the eastern horizon and then, around midnight, the maximum height above the horizon to the south in the hours before dawn, finally, the planet is as at lower altitudes, to the southwest. Saturn is in the constellation Virgo, where he remained through 2010.
Uranus Uranus: the planet is undetectable. The 17 days is only in conjunction with the Sun next month will be able to watch it again before dawn. Under favorable conditions
observation, using an optical instrument (even a good pair of binoculars) appears as an object of blue / green, of magnitude 5.7. Uranus is in the constellation of Pisces.
Neptune Neptune after conjunction with the Sun last month the planet reappears in the morning. On day 23, Neptune leaves the constellation of Capricorn Aquarius to make his entrance.
As always, you should use to locate a suitable instrument, a telescope or binoculars.
Pluto Pluto: Taking note of the reclassification of Pluto to plutoide by the IAU (Paris, June 2008), our section will include, however, the observability of the star.
The planet, in the hours before dawn, is located south-east, in constellation Sagittarius, where he remained for several years
With his 14th magnitude requires a dark sky, a good star chart and a telescope at least 8 "aperture (200mm).
Conjunctions
Moon-Saturn Moon-Saturn: Monday, 1 in the early evening, looking east-southeast are just out of a moon at full. A little to the left is easy to see Saturn. The event takes place in the constellation Virgo, which is easy to recognize its brightest star, Spica
Moon Moon-Venus-Venus: 17 Wednesday, as the sun dropped below the horizon observable, we groped to find this conjunction whose protagonists were a very thin crescent moon rising accompanied by brilliant Venus, a little lower.
Moon-Moon-Pleiades Pleiades
: After the partial occultation of the last month (which unfortunately we will review at our latitudes of several years), the moon makes a close pass with the most famous open cluster in the northern hemisphere, the Pleiades. The event takes place in the early evening of Saturday 20.
moon-Mars
moon-Mars: Thursday 25, at around 21, turning his gaze to the south are under a gibbous moon rising above which shines the unmistakable red planet. A little further down to the right of the Moon we can see Procyon, the brightest star of Canis Minor.
Moon Moon-Saturn-Saturn: the month of March ends with an encore. Monday, 29 Indeed, in the early evening, the Moon is near full, and is again close to Saturn, a little lower than the previous junction. The constellation Virgo is the background to the event.
constellations
The month of March sees the protagonists even as the winter constellations. However, compared to the previous month, you will notice a shift in the same south-west. It should be noted however that, even in the early hours of the night, look out east of the constellations Leo and Virgo (near which we find Saturn). The lucky residents of places with little light pollution, can see even the faint constellation Cancer, the Lion that separates from Gemini.
Continuing westward still stands the magnificent Orion, with the three belt stars form a nearly straight line (from left: Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka), and the three bright stars Betelgeuse (red giant), Rigel (blue) and Bellatrix (bottom right). Under his belt are a group of stars in which lies the Great Orion Nebula (M42) observed with the naked eye. A pearl of the northern sky.
In the same area of \u200b\u200bsky are the constellations del Toro (the Y-shaped) with the red star Aldebaran, the constellation with the bright star Capella, the Twins with the main stars Castor and Pollux. Bottom left over Orion in the constellation Canis Major, Sirius shines the brightest star in the sky. Just below the Twins, you can easily recognize a bright star, Procyon of Canis Minor.
We find the Pleiades using Perseus
continue our tour to the northern sky, where the Big Dipper dominates unchallenged. With his help will be a breeze to find the North Star. North-West are Cassiopeia with its Feature form a "W" between Cassiopeia and Taurus, we find the constellation Perseus. Note that the constellation of Perseus as a reference for reaching to the Pleiades, in fact just an imaginary line joining with some stars to get to the famous open cluster, as shown (click to enlarge)
We close the show pointing out the constellation of Bootes (the Herdsman), under the Big Dipper and the Virgin's left, characterized by the particular shape kite, with its brilliant red and Arturo.
Sources: http://www.astronomia.com/2010/02/27/il-cielo-nel-mese-di-marzo-2010/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed% 2FYBMt% 3A + Astronomy +% 29 &% 28Astronomia.com utm_content = Google + Reader
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