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CURRENT MOON
Starry, Starry, Night....
March 7 - 14, 2010
The warmer nights of spring bring a panoply of new stars and constellations for skywatchers to enjoy. Leo is in good view by
nightfall, climbing straight up from the eastern horizon, led by his bright "heart," the star Regulus. Virgo follows the lion a
couple of hours later. Boötes, the herdsman, is to the maiden's left, marked by yellow-orange Arcturus, one of the brightest stars
in the night sky. The planet Venus begins its climb into the evening sky, where it will remain until about Halloween.
March 7, 2010
The constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair) stands well to the south of the Big Dipper's handle. It is home to a grand
gathering of galaxies, called the Coma Cluster, which is centered about 350 million light-years away.
March 8, 2010
Leo, the lion, is in the east at nightfall. A backward question mark represents his head and mane, while a triangle of stars to the
lower left forms his hindquarters and tail. Leo's brightest star is Regulus, at the bottom of the question mark.
March 9, 2010
Regulus, the heart of the lion, is well up in the east at sunset. The star that we see as Regulus is much hotter and brighter than
the Sun. But it has two smaller, fainter companions that are revealed only by a telescope.
March 10, 2010
Leo, the lion, springs high across the eastern sky this evening. The king of the jungle is no slouch in the skies, either. It's the
12th largest constellation. And unlike most constellations, Leo looks like its namesake.
March 11, 2010
One of the most beautiful double stars is Algieba, in Leo, the lion, a constellation that is prominent during spring. Seen through a
telescope, both of its stars shine a lovely golden yellow.
March 12, 2010
The two closest and most prominent star clusters are high in the west at nightfall. The Hyades looks like a downward-pointing
letter V, with a bright orange star at one point. The dipper-shaped Pleiades is to the right of the Hyades.
March 13, 2010
The divided halves of a snake are moving into the evening sky. Known as Serpens, the serpent, they rise beginning in late
evening. The constellation is split because the snake wraps around the intervening stars of Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer.
March 14, 2010
A pale pyramid of light sometimes rises from the western horizon on moonless March evenings. It's called the zodiacal light
because it is found in the zodiac. This glow is caused by sunlight reflecting off of microscopic dust grains in space.
The warmer nights of spring bring a panoply of new stars and constellations for skywatchers to enjoy. Leo is in good view by
nightfall, climbing straight up from the eastern horizon, led by his bright "heart," the star Regulus. Virgo follows the lion a
couple of hours later. Boötes, the herdsman, is to the maiden's left, marked by yellow-orange Arcturus, one of the brightest stars
in the night sky. The planet Venus begins its climb into the evening sky, where it will remain until about Halloween.
March 7, 2010
The constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair) stands well to the south of the Big Dipper's handle. It is home to a grand
gathering of galaxies, called the Coma Cluster, which is centered about 350 million light-years away.
March 8, 2010
Leo, the lion, is in the east at nightfall. A backward question mark represents his head and mane, while a triangle of stars to the
lower left forms his hindquarters and tail. Leo's brightest star is Regulus, at the bottom of the question mark.
March 9, 2010
Regulus, the heart of the lion, is well up in the east at sunset. The star that we see as Regulus is much hotter and brighter than
the Sun. But it has two smaller, fainter companions that are revealed only by a telescope.
March 10, 2010
Leo, the lion, springs high across the eastern sky this evening. The king of the jungle is no slouch in the skies, either. It's the
12th largest constellation. And unlike most constellations, Leo looks like its namesake.
March 11, 2010
One of the most beautiful double stars is Algieba, in Leo, the lion, a constellation that is prominent during spring. Seen through a
telescope, both of its stars shine a lovely golden yellow.
March 12, 2010
The two closest and most prominent star clusters are high in the west at nightfall. The Hyades looks like a downward-pointing
letter V, with a bright orange star at one point. The dipper-shaped Pleiades is to the right of the Hyades.
March 13, 2010
The divided halves of a snake are moving into the evening sky. Known as Serpens, the serpent, they rise beginning in late
evening. The constellation is split because the snake wraps around the intervening stars of Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer.
March 14, 2010
A pale pyramid of light sometimes rises from the western horizon on moonless March evenings. It's called the zodiacal light
because it is found in the zodiac. This glow is caused by sunlight reflecting off of microscopic dust grains in space.
"I know nothing with any certainty, but the
sight of the stars makes me dream."
- Vincent Van Gogh
sight of the stars makes me dream."
- Vincent Van Gogh
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