Thu, 1 March 2007
 Download this month's sky map!Kym Thalassoudis does a wonderful job creating accurate and easy to use star maps every month! Visit his site at www.skymaps.com for skymaps and links to other useful astronomical sites. Also a great portal for astronomical gifts! Northern hemisphere sky
map Those in the Southern Hemisphere should also visit James Barclay's site for a great tour of the Southern Hemisphere December sky.
Another great site for Southern Hemisphere viewers is the Royal Astronomical
Society of New Zealand's Southern Hemisphere Calendar can be found at the RASNZ site
Download "What's up 2007: 365 days of Skywatching" by Tammy Plotner, published by Universe Today (Faser Cain) it is a fantastic and it is free! Planets for March 2007Mercury After the first week of March look for Mercury in the morning twilight, for Northern observers your lower latitudes are more favorable. For S.H. viewers Mercury puts on its best show all year. On the 23rd look for the 0.2 mag planet 10 deg even before astronomical twilight and will stand out in the dark eastern sky 2.8 mag (1st) to 0.2 mag (21st) Venus Brilliant for both N.H. and S.H. observers. Shining right through the clouds in the Pac NW! Telescopes will show Venus as small and more than 80 percent illuminated -3.8 mag (1st) to - 3.9 mag (21st) Mars In Capricornus rises after Jupiter and about 1.5 hours before the Sun 1.3 mag (1st) to 1.2 mag (21st) Jupiter In Ophiuchus rising mid-month around midnight making it easier to squeeze into night time observing. For those of you who like the early morning observing Jupiter you will find him NW of Antares in a beautiful part of the sky, just West of Sagittarius. On the 3rd Jupiter is 90 deg West of the sun providing observers with shadows thrown farthest west and a greater chance of Galilean satellite eclipses. -2.0 mag (1st) to -2.2 mag (21st) SaturnBeautiful and high in the ESE at dusk. Saturn creeps further West away from Regulus but still near the paws of the Lion. 0.0 mag (1st) to 0.1 mag (21st) Uranus 5.9 mag (1st) to 5.9 mag (21st) Neptune will camp out in Capricorn all year long 8.0 mag (1st) to 8.0 mag (21st). Key Dates for March 2007Days and Times in UT (help with time) Great site for sunrise and sunset times and a downloadable toolbar application by Steve Edwards Observations are for 9pm for everyone...happy Equinox! Astronomical Highlights
Astronomical Highlights for 2007Earth's major motions for 2007 Planet Positions for 2007 Eclipses for 2007 March 19 - partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and animation!): The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in Pisces and is visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska September 11 - partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and animation): The last eclipse of 2007 is a partial solar eclipse at the Moon's descending node in southern Leo. Its visibility is confined to parts of South America, Antarctica and the South Atlantic March 3-4 - total lunar eclipse (see map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in the Arctic region, Africa, Europe, Asia except for extreme eastern region, most of Indonesia, western Australia, Queen Maud Land of Antarctica, extreme eastern South America, Greenland, the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in Africa, Europe, western Asia, Queen Maud Land of Antarctica and Antarctic Peninsula, South America, eastern North America, Greenland, the Arctic region, the Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean, and the extreme eastern South Pacific Ocean. August 28 - total lunar eclipse (see map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in North America, South America except extreme east, Antarctica except for Enderby Land, New Zealand, eastern Australia, extreme northeastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the western Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in New Zealand, Australia, most of Antarctica except Queen Maud Land, Indonesia, eastern Asia, western North America, the Pacific Ocean, and the southeastern Indian Ocean. Eclipse information from: NASA Eclipse Homepage, Eclipses Online (HM Nautical Almanac Office, UK in coordination with the U.S. Naval Observatory)Meteor Showers for 2007 As luck would have it, all the major meteor showers reach their peaks in 2007 with the Moon out of the sky. Any of these showers can produce dozens of shooting stars each dark hour leading up to dawn. Mark your calendar to look for...
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