In the sky of March a relay of planets greets spring

In the sky of March 2021 it is a real relay of planets to greet the arrival of spring, with Mars clearly visible in the early hours of the night, while Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn take over at dawn. 

"The

will fall on

, Italian time", observes the Italian Amateur Astronomers Union (Uai) and in March "

will be observable in the early hours of the night, in the constellation of Taurus", where will be the protagonist of an evocative meeting with the star

.

Also during the month, the Red Planet will also have encounters with the

and the

.

As for the other planets, however, "for

will be possible to attempt observation in the early morning, as well as for

and

, low on the eastern horizon, between the lights of dawn".

Instead, we will have to say goodbye to

which, the Uai amateurs point out, “being in conjunction with the Sun, it will be impossible to observe, to become visible again in the following months, in the evening”.

The March sky “will still be dominated by the great

.

Unmistakable

, with the three aligned stars of the belt and the bright stars

and

.

In the same area of ​​the sky - continue the amateur astronomers - we find the constellations of

with the red star Aldebaran, the constellation of

with the bright star

, the

with the main stars

and

.

At the bottom left of

, in the constellation of

, shines

, the brightest star in the sky.

In the early hours of the night, the great zodiacal constellations of

and

make their appearance in the eastern sky

.

Along the zodiac - they conclude - we finally find also the small and weak constellation of

to separate Gemini from Leo ”.