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The Acorn Tree at Night
Southern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandOctober 1st, 2002 - 8 pm
Map as from Auckland skies
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The Acorn Tree at NightSouthern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandOctober 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 |
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| 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) |
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Moon (Earth's natural satellite):- Moon Oct 1st: Moonrise Oct 1st: 0243hrs (17 mins to 3am) Moon Set: 1149hrs (11 mins to noon)
Moon October 7th (new moon): Neptune Pluto Uranus Venus, a magnificent sight right now.
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Carina Centaurus Eridanus Grus Hercules Hydra Leo Libra Lyra Pavo Pegasus Phoenix Pisces Piscis Austrinus Puppis Sagittarius Scorpius Crux (Southern Cross) Triangulum Australe |
Achernar Acrux Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentauri) Altair Antares Beta Centauri (the two Centauri stars are the south pole "pointers") Canopus Fomalhaut Vega
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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).
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