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
Spring Equinox
will fall on
March 20 at 10:37
, Italian time", observes the Italian Amateur Astronomers Union (Uai) and in March "
Mars
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
Aldebaran
.
Also during the month, the Red Planet will also have encounters with the
Pleiades
and the
Moon
.
As for the other planets, however, "for
Mercury it
will be possible to attempt observation in the early morning, as well as for
Jupiter
and
Saturn
, low on the eastern horizon, between the lights of dawn".
Instead, we will have to say goodbye to
Venus
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
winter constellations
.
Unmistakable
Orion
, with the three aligned stars of the belt and the bright stars
Betelgeuse
and
Rigel
.
In the same area of the sky - continue the amateur astronomers - we find the constellations of
Taurus
with the red star Aldebaran, the constellation of
Auriga
with the bright star
Capella
, the
Gemini
with the main stars
Castor
and
Pollux
.
At the bottom left of
Orion
, in the constellation of
Canis Major
, shines
Sirius
, the brightest star in the sky.
In the early hours of the night, the great zodiacal constellations of
Leo
and
Virgo
make their appearance in the eastern sky
.
Along the zodiac - they conclude - we finally find also the small and weak constellation of
Cancer
to separate Gemini from Leo ”.