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Here's your Cosmic Pursuits newsletter for March 2025!
1. The first day of March arrives with all seven major planets visible – barely – and six of them visible for sure during the first two weeks of the month. A total lunar eclipse arrives at the full Worm moon, the first since 2022, and it's visible in all of North America, western Europe, and western South America. After the ‘planet parade’ at the beginning of the month, Neptune and Saturn disappear into the
Sun’s glare and will soon reappear in the morning sky. And Venus remains astonishingly bright, its thin crescent a fine spectacle in a telescope before it too reaches conjunction with the Sun. Here's what to see in the Night Sky This Month...
2. Take a tour with me along the winter Milky Way where we explore the outer reaches of our immense home galaxy on a cold winter's night.
3. The lads at the Actual Astronomy podcast discuss some projects for observing the winter sky with the unaided eye.
4. The enigmatic star Epsilon Aurigae has puzzled scientists
for generations. Learn more about the science and mythology of this unique eclipsing binary star in this article at Sky&Telescope magazine.
5. Lunar scientists suspect two grand
canyons on the Moon may have formed in less time than it takes to bake a frozen pizza (gift link from the New York Times).
And the astronomy
quote of the month:
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."
- Charles A. Beard
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Wishing you clear skies!
Brian Ventrudo
Publisher
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