3 Reasons to observe this month

1. Two Eclipses Not to Miss:

On Jupiter: Imagine moons casting their shadows on a giant planet. Right now, Jupiter’s moons offer an exceptional show: eclipses visible even from urban areas. Each time a moon passes in front of the Sun, it creates a shadow that dances across Jupiter’s surface. Check our dedicated article to catch every passage of Io, Europa, or Ganymede.

On Earth: On March 29th, a partial solar eclipse will darken the sky during the day, primarily in Western Europe. This is a rare opportunity to witness the magical moment when the Moon partially covers the Sun. Equip yourself with our Smart Solar Filter to safely use your telescope during the day and calculate your local obscuration rate here.

2. T Coronae Borealis (T CrB)

This binary star system is about to explode! Eagerly awaited by astronomers, this nova is expected to brighten our sky soon.

Composed of a white dwarf and a red giant orbiting each other, this stellar pair exchanges streams of gas. When the hydrogen accumulated on the white dwarf reaches a critical pressure, an explosion will occur – a flash as bright as the North Star!

T Coronae Borealis becomes visible around 11:30 PM. Will you observe it before the explosion? Or during? Each night is a new opportunity to witness this spectacular event.

3. The Pleiades

The Pleiades are a young star cluster, recognizable by their bright, blue-hot stars. Scientifically, their formation results from the compression of a gas cloud. The high temperatures come from gravitational energy rather than nuclear fusion, as is the case with our Sun.

From Greek mythology, the Seven Sisters were relentlessly pursued by the hunter Orion until Zeus transformed them into stars to protect them!

Can you spot them with the naked eye? The Pleiades are visible even from the city. Through your telescope, you will discover their bluish glow, a sign of their youth (only 100 million years old).

See you next month for more reasons to explore the sky!
Happy observing with UNISTELLAR.