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The more imagination you have when it comes to joining the dots and looking for these mythical creatures, the easier it will be to find your way around. You’ll need a few other things to keep yourself happy and comfortable as well, perhaps a blanket to sit on, a pillow, a torch and something to drink, perhaps a nice coffee, tea or even a glass of Milo or perhaps a glass of wine if you are old enough. First and foremost you’ll need a map of the night sky which you can get from our website, or you can purchase the book, ‘The Australasian sky guide’ by Dr Nick Lomb. What you need are some supplies to make this tour easier to follow.

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. When I say ‘shortly after sunset’, you do need some time for it to get dark. We’re going to start our tour of the night sky by looking west shortly after sunset. March, named in honour of the Roman god of war the planet Mars. The year had 10 months and ended with December which make sense doesn’t it? January and February were added later.Īfter Julius Caesar’s calendar reform in 45BCE, it slipped down a couple of notches to month number three then made a brief comeback in many places as the start of the year, but after acceptance of the Gregorian reform went back to number three. Did you know that March, or Martius used to be the first month of the year according to the old Roman calendar as formulated by Romulus around 753BCE. I’m going to talk to you about what’s visible in the sky for the month of March. Hello there, this is Geoffrey Wyatt, one of the team here at Sydney Observatory which is part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

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To view PDF star charts you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader if it’s not on your computer already. We provide a March 2017 night sky chart (PDF) which shows the stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky from anywhere in Australia. You can upload the audio from iTunes to your iPod or mp3 player, or listen to it on your computer. Geoff’s fascinating talk is enriched with historical and mythological astronomical references – ranging across cultures including Indigenous Australian, Arabic and ancient Greek. Geoff takes us on a tour of the stars and constellations prominent in the March sky, including the bright star Aldebaran in the constellation of Taurus, and the bright star Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion.

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If you’re not sure how to find your way around the night sky, Geoff presents some easy tips for how you can find angles above the horizon just using your fist, fingers and arm – and it doesn’t matter how old or big you are as the sizes of your fist, fingers and arms are proportional with the rest of you – so it works for everyone! This month’s guide is presented by Geoffrey Wyatt, Sydney Observatory’s Education Program Producer. To help you learn about the southern night sky, Sydney Observatory provides an audio guide/podcast, transcript of that audio, and a sky map or chart each month.