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-====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for MARCH 2016 ====== 
-  * March 8   ​-- ​ __**New Moon**__\\ 
-  * March 15  --  First Quarter\\ 
-  * March 23  --  Full Moon 
-  * March 24  --  General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! 
-  * March 31  --  Last Quarter 
  
-===== PLANETS in March 2016 ===== 
-Evening Sky: 
-  * **Mercury** -- in west 
-  * **Uranus** ​ -- in west 
-  * **Jupiter** -- in east 
  
-Midnight: +For sky highlights see:
-  * **Jupiter** -- in south +
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-Morning Sky: +
-  * **Neptune** -- in east +
-  * **Venus** ​  -- in east +
-  * **Mars** ​   -- in south +
-  * **Jupiter** -- in west +
-  * **Saturn** ​ -- in south+
  
-===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during March 2016 ===== +[[http://​www.skyandtelescope.com/​observing/​sky-at-a-glance/​|Sky ​and Telescope'​s Sky at a glance]] \\ 
-North to South, ​at 9-10 pm: +OR \\ 
-  * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper +[[http://​www.astronomy.com/​observing/​sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine'​s Sky This Week]] ​
-  * **Camelopardalis**,​ the Giraffe +
-  * **Perseus**,​ the King of Mycenae ​and slayer of monsters +
-  * **Auriga**, the Charioteer +
-  * **Gemini**, the Twins +
-  * **Canis Minor**, the smaller dog +
-  * **Orion**, the Hunter +
-  * **Canis Major**, the bigger dog+
  
-===== SKY EXTRAS in March 2016 ===== 
-  * Vernal Equinox, the astronomical beginning of Spring, is at 11:30 pm on March 19. For you astronomy wonks: this is when the sun's Right Ascension is exactly Zero. 
-  * Around midnight, March 21, very bright Jupiter and the even brighter moon pass within 2 degrees of each other. 
-  * Also on March 21, from twilight to about 10:30 pm, Jupiter will show shadows of two of its major moon. You'll need at least a small telescope, but around 10 pm Jupiter will be high in the sky for great viewing. 
-  * Comet **Catalina C/2013 US10** will fade rapidly but will still be visible in binoculars all month of March, relatively high in early evenings, in the constellation Camelopardalis. 
-  * No great meteor showers this month. 
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