From the January 2011 issue

Mercury in the spotlight

March 2011: Mercury begins the month lost in the Sun's glare but quickly emerges for its finest evening appearance of 2011.
By and | Published: January 24, 2011 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

For many of us in the Northern Hemisphere, March means that spring is in the air. The evening sky mirrors this season of rebirth. Mercury begins the month lost in the Sun’s glare but quickly emerges for its finest evening appearance of 2011.