The Acorn Tree at Night

Southern Hemisphere Skies, New Zealand
July 1st, 2002 - 8 pm
Map as from Auckland skies

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Key to Chart Above
Note: The Ecliptic is the plane of the Earth's Orbit

Planets
(green text), including their natural satellites. Note: size not to scale.

Constellations
(pale blue text)- lines indicate imaginary shapes formed by stars

Stars
(yellow text)

Galaxies
(white text)

Venus

Moon (Earth's natural satellite):-

Moon July 1st:
Moonrise July 1st: 2314hrs (14 minutes past 11pm)
Moon Set: 1210hrs (10 mins past 12noon)

Moon July 10th (new moon):
Moonrise July 10th: 0730hrs (30 minutes past 7am)
Moon Set: 1637hrs (23 minutes to 5pm)

Pluto

Bootes
Centaurus
Hercules
Hydra
Leo
Libra
Pavo
Puppis
Sagittarius
Crux (Southern Cross)
Triangulum Australe
Virgo

Achernar
Acrux
Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentauri)
Altair
Antares
Beta Centauri (the two Centauri stars are the south pole "pointers")
Arcturus
Canopus
Regulus

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

The Small Magellanic Cloud, another satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

The Milky Way (our own galaxy, it is a spiral galaxy).