Mighty Jupiter and Mars will be the first planets visible soon after sunset. Uranus will be visible once it gets dark enough to draw a bead on this denizen of the outer solar system. The Moon will be nearly full and also an excellent target after 9:00PM. Jupiter's Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) put on a splendid show. Evening objects include the fabulous Orion Nebula, the Double Cluster in Perseus, the beautiful double star Gamma Andromedae, the Beehive star cluster in Cancer, and the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus. All make for interesting objects to observe. Of particular note is a Total Lunar Eclipse in the early morning of March 14. Deepest totality occurs at 2:00AM which totality lasting 65 minutes altogether and partial phase for 218 minutes.
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Earlier Event: January 15
Putnam Museum Solar Observing
Later Event: April 19
April Astronomy Night