March highlights

Your guide to the night sky this month

The big three

The top sights to observe or image this month

The planets

Our celestial neighbourhood in March

The night sky – March

Explore the celestial sphere with our Northern Hemisphere all-sky chart

Moonwatch

March’s top lunar feature to observe

Comets and asteroids

Passing north of the Virgo Cluster, dwarf planet Ceres is trackable all month

Star of the month

Zosma, the rump of Leo the Lion

Binocular tour

This month we’re prowling for targets with the hunting dogs, Canes Venatici

The Sky Guide challenge

Can you spot the ethereal and elusive Zodiacal Light in March’s evening skies?

Deep-sky tour

Set your sights on the twins as our March tour takes us to six gems in Gemini