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This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 24 – April 2
This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 24 – April 2
The Winter Hexagon fills the west after dark. The waxing Moon steps east across the evening sky from Venus past the Pleiades, then past Mars.
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Sky Tour Podcast
As the Northern Hemisphere edges toward the March equinox and beyond, stargazers have an abundance of brilliant stars overhead as darkness falls. Anchoring the celestial parade is Orion, the Hunter. Download or listen to this month’s Sky Tour to learn about — and how to spot — the Winter Hexagon of big, beautiful winter stars.
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Sucker Holes
When skies are cloudy, sucker holes may offer us a view — albeit often only a brief one — of the universe overhead.
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Stargazing in Northumberland at Stonehaugh Observatory
Hexham NE48 3DZ, United Kingdom
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Stargazing in Northumberland at Stonehaugh Observatory
Hexham NE48 3DZ, United Kingdom
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Massive Prominence, Small Sunspot
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vdB 141 - The Ghosts of Cepheus
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M109 A Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
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NGC 2634: The Calm before the Storm
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The Trailing Comet C/2022E3 (ZTF)
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