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This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 17 – 26

This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 17 – 26

The crescent Moon visits Venus. The Orange Triangle turns nearly equilateral. And as evening grows late, Arcturus begins to dominate the low northeast. It's turning spring.

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March: The Winter Hexagon

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

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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Issue Highlights

  • Catching Cosmic Neutrinos

    Govert Schilling

  • The Great Edge-On Galaxy of Spring

    Howard Banich

  • The Past and Future of Star Names

    Tony Flanders