After the great show of the end of February '99, even in March there was a cosmic ballet. Two protagonists (Venus and Moon) were the same of a month before, the new protagonist was Saturn that was at about 1° from Venus. I've taken some images in the evening of March 20, here are. (for downloading bigger images, click on the images).
 

March 20

The configuration of the three objects was very similar to that of the month before: the Moon at the left, Venus and Saturn at the right (Venus is the brighter point). Technical data: 50mm objective, camera mounted on a fixed tripod. 10 seconds at f/2,8 on Fuji SuperG 800+ film. Taken from Tradate (VA, Italy).

An image taken with a teleobjective give us a zoomed view. If we compare this with the one taken on February 18, 1999, we'll see that in March the conjunction was less narrow. Technical data: 200mm objective, camera mounted on a fixed tripod. 1 second at f/5,6 on Fuji SuperG 800+ film. Taken from Tradate (VA, Italy).

At the end here is a global view of the sky that was visible at Ovest. Many constellations are visible: Orion, Taurus, Auriga (only a part), Perseus, Cassiopeia, Triangulus, Andromeda. Technical data: 16mm objective, camera mounted on a fixed tripod. 30 seconds at f/4 on Fuji SuperG 800+ film. Taken from Tradate (VA, Italy).

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