Sky Guide March 2017

27/02/2017 10 min
Sky Guide March 2017

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What to look out, and up, for in March. Our highlights of this month's skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers: The moon, Mercury and Mars close together on the 29th The King of Planets returns to our skies 4 comets to observe with amateur telescopes or the naked eye Next up, we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year: Jen – The Owl Nebula in Ursa Major Paul – The Virgo Supercluster and Markarian's Chain of galaxies Ralph – Messier 67 and the Beehive Cluster in Cancer