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What's in the sky this month?
March will be a very interesting month to enjoy the night
sky. As the bright grouping of winter stars drift lower in the west,
they will be joined by the bright stars of spring that will be slowly
climbing up above the eastern horizon. They will be led by Leo (the Lion),
which will be in good view by the time it gets dark. The head and chest of
Leo looks like a backwards question mark with the bright star Regulus
representing the dot at the bottom. Leo’s hips and tail are formed by a
right triangle of three stars. In the early evening, Leo appears to be
standing straight up on his tail. If you have difficulty finding Leo, first
find the Big Dipper and then use its “pointer stars” to point in the opposite
direction from the North Star. The pointer stars will lead you right to Leo.
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