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Summary of content: What to look out, and up, for in March.

Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month’s skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers:

- Prepare for this year’s Mars opposition as it increases in brightness

- Jupiter at 21 degrees in the pre-dawn sky

- Bright Venus, Mercury and the moon in conjunction on 18th March

- Comet 2016 R2 PANSTARRS in Perseus

- A lunar conjunction with the Hyades Cluster and occultation of Aldebaran (for Europe).

Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:

Ralph – Messier 81 & 82, Bode’s Galaxy & The Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major

Jen – Messier 3, globular cluster in Canes Venatici

Paul – The Leo 1  group of Galaxies in the constellation Leo

And we finish this sky guide with March’s moon phases.

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