This week those who follow Daylight Savings Time will have to set their clocks forward an hour and we all lose an hour of sleep. As for the sky, Neptune will be in conjunction with the Sun and won't be visible in the morning sky until sometime in April. Our furthest planet still sits in Aquarius where it will be until 2023 when it moves into Pisces. Neptune takes 165 years to orbit our Sun and spends, on average, more than ten years in each Zodiac constellation.
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The Moon will reach its new phase very early Saturday morning. This will be a good chance to get out to a dark site to check out the sky without the Moon's brightness polluting the night. The nights are getting warmer as we approach the spring equinox the following week.
I am hoping to crack open my sky maps to create a path of least resistance for the Virgo galaxy cluster. There are many Messier objects found within that I have yet to observe. I am aiming for working on this region throughout April and May.
There is an amazing free online event taking place next week. Dr. David Kieda from the University of Utah will be giving a talk on "Uncovering the Origin of Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays". Dr. Kieda's work is with a ground based gamma-ray observatory and he will be sharing the research that has been done with this instrument. If you would like to sign up for this event please use the following link.
Uncovering the Origin of Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays
If you are interested in getting more involved in astronomy you can join the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada at the link below. You will be joining a society of professional and amateur astronomers who can help you observe the wonders of the night sky above!
https://www.rasc.ca/join
Never forget to keep looking up at the night sky!
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