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STARGAZER
80 What’s in the sky?
Make the most of the early spring
sights and longer nights before the
clocks go forward84 Month's planets
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn form a
planetary parade in the morning
sky this month
86 Moon tour
Explore a crater near the Moon’s
centre, named after a very
important astronomer
87 Naked eye &
binocular targets
Spring nights are perfect for
exploring the wonders to be found
in Leo and Cancer
88 Deep sky
challenge
Now spring is finally here it’s time
to go galaxy hunting
90 The Northern
Hemisphere
Orion fades to the southwest while
Leo climbs from the east
92 Astrophotos
of the month
The best of our readers’
excellent astrophotography
96 In the shops
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David Rothery, principal investigator for the Mercury Imaging X-ray
Spectrometer on BepiColombo“ Mercury is covered in craters,
volcanic planes and holes ripped
in the ground”
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