March 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
- Author
- Sydney Observatory
- Published
- Wed 28 Feb 2018
- Episode Link
- https://maas-podcasts.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/sky-guide/night_sky_mar18.mp3
March, named in honour of the Roman god of war, Mars. We're going to start our tour of the night sky by looking west shortly after sunset. When I say, 'shortly after sunset', you do need some time for it to get dark. You might be wait 20-30 minutes or up to an hour, but look to where the Sun went down and that will be west.
