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The Acorn Tree at Night
Southern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandSeptember 1st, 2002 - 8 pm
Map as from Auckland skies
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The Acorn Tree at NightSouthern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandSeptember 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 Sept 1st: Moonrise Sept 1st: 0157hrs (3 mins to 2am) Moon Set: 1121hrs (21 mins past 11am)
Moon September 7th (new moon): Neptune Pluto Uranus Venus, a magnificent sight right now.
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Aquila Bootes Carina Centaurus Eridanus Grus Hercules Hydra Leo Libra Lyra Pavo Phoenix Piscis Austrinus Puppis Sagittarius Scorpius Crux (Southern Cross) Triangulum Australe Vela Virgo |
Achernar Acrux Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentauri) Altair Antares Arcturus Beta Centauri (the two Centauri stars are the south pole "pointers") Canopus Fomalhaut Spica 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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