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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

Asteroid 16 Psyche reaches opposition in the constellation of Leo, the Lion

Star of the month

Find Altarf, at the end of the Crab’s leg

Binocular tour

This month’s highlights include a Double Double in Leo and a galaxy triplet