SKY CHART AND VIEWING GUIDE MARCH 2019 The New …

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SKY CHART AND VIEWING GUIDE

BIG DIPPER

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North

CASSIOPEIA

Deneb

MARCH 2019

The New England night sky as it appears on:

March 1 at 9:00 p.m. EDT March 16 at 9:00 p.m. March 31 at 8:00 p.m.

THE PLANETS: Mercury is visible low in evening twilight dusk at the beginning of the month. Mars (position shown at midmonth on the chart) sets near midnight. Venus, Jupiter and Saturn form a wide arc in the southeast before dawn.

The Vernal Equinox occurs on March 21. On this day, the Sun's most direct rays fall on the Earth's equator, and day and night are of equal

ANDROMEDA

U A

BO?TES

JROSRA

The Pleiades MARS

Capella

Arcturus

West

AURIGA

LEO

East

ulus

HOW TO USE CHART: Hold it overhead so "North" on chart points at true north. Objects near the center of the chart are overhead; those near the edge are low in the sky. This map is set for latitude 42? north, but may be used in most of the US.

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PoClluaxstor

Aldebaran

GEMINI

Procyon

CANIS

Betelgeuse

MINOR ORI

Sirius

CMAANJIOSR

O N Rigel

TAURUS

Sun's most direct rays

PHASES OF THE MOON

New moon Mar. 6

First quarter Mar. 14

Full moon Mar. 20

Las quarter Mar. 28

South

THE STARS: This chart shows the main star groups and constellations visible from near large cities. More stars appear on moonless nights in less urban areas.

Charles Hayden Planetarium: 617-723-2500,

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