Astronomy Events Calendar
This guide shows you what to look out for in the night sky including meteor showers and conjunctions.
What to see in March 2008
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Deep Space Objects in March
Full list of Messier Objects and Caldwell Catalogue.C58 - Open Cluster in Canis Major
Right Ascension: 07h 17.8m Declination: -15° 37m Magnitude: 7
C64 - "Tau CMa Cluster" Open Cluster in Canis Major
Right Ascension: 07h 18.8m Declination: -24° 57m Magnitude: 4
M41 - Open Cluster in Canis Major
This cluster in Canis Major is visible as a hazy patch to the naked eye just below Sirius. M41 is resolvable in binoculars and appears fairly loose in telescopes at low power.
Right Ascension: 06h 47.0m Declination: -20° 44m Magnitude: 5M44 - "Praesepe" Open Cluster in Cancer
Also known as the Beehive Cluster, this open cluster is easily visible to the naked eye as a large, fuzzy patch bigger than the moon. Binoculars or rich field telescopes provide the best view of M44.
Right Ascension: 08h 40.1m Declination: 19° 59m Magnitude: 4M46 - Open Cluster in Puppis
This cluster is right next to M47 and is also visible to the naked eye. In binoculars M46 appears as a large hazy patch with no stars resolvable, giving a nice contrast to M47. In telescopes at low powers this cluster evenly fills the eyepiece. While you are here go to medium or high power and look for the planetary nebula NGC2438. It will appear as a faint uneven ring, with a blue/green color.
Right Ascension: 07h 41.8m Declination: -14° 49m Magnitude: 6M47 - Open Cluster in Puppis
A bright cluster in Puppis, easily visible as a hazy patch to the naked eye. Binoculars will show a large hazy patch with many stars resolvable. Telescopes show a fairly loose cluster with stars of wide variety of magnitudes.
Right Ascension: 07h 36.6m Declination: -14° 30m Magnitude: 4M48 - Open Cluster in Hydra
Moving on to Hydra, we find another naked eye cluster. M48 is a large fuzzy patch in binoculars, partially resolvable. Use low to medium power in your telescope for a spectacular view.
Right Ascension: 08h 13.8m Declination: -05° 48m Magnitude: 6M50 - Open Cluster in Monoceros
An open cluster in Monoceros. This is a small hazy patch in binoculars, partially resolvable. Like M93, the richness of the surrounding field is the only difficulty in finding this object. This is a fairly tight cluster at low power in a telescope.
Right Ascension: 07h 03.2m Declination: -08° 20m Magnitude: 7M67 - Open Cluster in Cancer
In the southeast portion of Cancer is another open cluster, barely visible as a fuzzy patch to the naked eye. Binoculars show M67 as a large hazy patch of light, similar to M46. Use low power to resolve this large, rich cluster in a telescope.
Right Ascension: 08h 50.4m Declination: 11° 49m Magnitude: 8M81 - "Bodems Galaxy" Galaxy in Ursa Major
This pair of galaxies in Ursa Major are very possible to see in binoculars, they look like a pair of fuzzy stars. Both galaxies will fit into the same low power telescope field. M81 will appear as a large oval gray patch of light. M82 is a pencil like streak of light next to and perpendicular to the long axis of M81.
Right Ascension: 09h 55.6m Declination: 69° 04m Magnitude: 8M82 - "Cigar Galaxy" Galaxy in Ursa Major
This pair of galaxies in Ursa Major are very possible to see in binoculars, they look like a pair of fuzzy stars. Both galaxies will fit into the same low power telescope field. M81 will appear as a large oval gray patch of light. M82 is a pencil like streak of light next to and perpendicular to the long axis of M81.
Right Ascension: 09h 55.8m Declination: 69° 41m Magnitude: 10M93 - Open Cluster in Puppis
Right Ascension: 07h 44.6m Declination: -23° 52m Magnitude: 6
M93 - Open Cluster in Puppis
Right Ascension: 07h 44.6m Declination: -23° 52m Magnitude: 6
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Lonewolf
Posted on Thursday 7th August 2008 at 5:54pm
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Valerie,
You need to be looking out late at night on the 12th and early hours of the 13th of August.
valerie
Posted on Wednesday 6th August 2008 at 5:24pm
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can you please tell me the best time to see the perseids from portugal? i’m confused about the date. thank you.
bob carton
Posted on Saturday 3rd March 2007 at 8:02pm
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your site was very helpful in giving us the time for the lunar eclipse on 3/3
