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Session Schedule
9:30pm in English
10:00 pm and 11:30 pm in Portuguese.
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Jupiter is already starting to be low in the sky. The first session of the night will always be the best for observing.
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Mars remains clearly visible in the sky, however, the first session of the night will be the best time to observe the red planet.
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The Andromeda Galaxy is now too low to be observed in the sky.
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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.
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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.
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March 4th - Full Moon
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March 20 Spring Equinox
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March 29th - Partial Solar Eclipse Session 9:00-12:00 at OLA and Messier Marathon starting at 20:30 at OLA
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29 to 30 - Change to Daylight Saving Time
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March 29th New Moon
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At the end of March, in the second session of the night, some globular clusters such as M3 and M13 begin to be observed.