Podcaster: Ralph, Paul & Jenny
Title : Awesome Astronomy’s March Sky Guide
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description: What to look out, and up, for in March.
Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:
- The moon, Mercury and Mars close together on the 29th
- The King of Planets returns to our skies
- 4 comets to observe with amateur telescopes or the naked eye
Next up, we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:
- Jen – The Owl Nebula in Ursa Major
- Paul – The Virgo Supercluster and Markarian’s Chain of galaxies
- Ralph – Messier 67 and the Beehive Cluster in Cancer
And we finish this sky guide with March’s moon phases.
Each week we will have a random drawing for a prize package from our sponsor. Enter the code for this week into this site: https://cosmoquest.org/achievements/code for a chance to win.
This week’s code is pGC3XF. Enter it into the website to unlock the achievement and enter the contest.
Bio: Awesome Astronomy is the show for anyone and everyone who has even the slightest interest in astronomy and science.
Join Ralph, Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programs telling you what to look out (and up) for every month as well as a main show dedicated to space and astronomy news. You can be guaranteed a passion for astronomy, simple explanations of complex and fundamental topics, space and science discussions, absorbing interviews with astronomers and astronauts who make the news and answers to listeners’ space questions.
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