All About Space

What’s in the sky?

2 MAR

Comet C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) reaches perihelion in Aquarius at magnitude +12

2 MAR

Mercury reaches half phase (dichotomy) in the morning sky, shining brightly at +0.1

4 MAR

Asteroid 4 Vesta reaches opposition in Leo, glowing at magnitude +6.2

6 MAR

Mercury reaches greatest

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