The planet Mars has been steadily orbiting eastward and is currently moving past the open star cluster the Pleiades. On Wednesday evening March 3rd Mars will be at its closest to the Pleiades coming within about 3-4o from the open star cluster as it passes by.
Use binoculars or a low-power telescope eyepiece to view Mars and the Pleiades.
Click here to go to the Qué tal in the Current Skies web site for monthly observing information, or here to return to bobs-spaces.