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Happening in the sky in
March '25

  • Session Schedule
    9:30pm in English
    10:00 pm and 11:30 pm in Portuguese.

  • Jupiter is already starting to be low in the sky. The first session of the night will always be the best for observing.

  • Mars remains clearly visible in the sky, however, the first session of the night will be the best time to observe the red planet.

  • The Andromeda Galaxy is now too low to be observed in the sky.

  • Some galaxies are beginning to appear in the sky, such as M51 and the Leo Triplet or M81 and M82, two galaxies just over 12 million light years away.

  • The Great Orion Nebula is already very low in the sky but is still observable during the first night session at the beginning of the month.

  • March 4th - Full Moon

  • March 20 Spring Equinox

  • March 29th - Partial Solar Eclipse Session 9:00-12:00 at OLA and Messier Marathon starting at 20:30 at OLA

  • 29 to 30 - Change to Daylight Saving Time

  • March 29th New Moon

  • At the end of March, in the second session of the night, some globular clusters such as M3 and M13 begin to be observed.

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