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The Acorn Tree at Night
Southern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandJanuary 1st, 2003
Map as from Auckland skies
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The Acorn Tree at NightSouthern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandJanuary 1st, 2003 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 Jan 1st: hrs ( mins to am) Moon Set: hrs ( mins to )
Moon (new moon): Saturn
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Aries Carina Canus Major Canus Minor Centaurus Cetus Corona Australis Eridanus Orion Pavo Pegasus Phoenix Pisces Piscis Austrinus Puppis Sagittarius (disappearing north-west of Corona Australis) Crux (Southern Cross) Taurus Triangulum Australe
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Achernar Acrux Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentauri) Beta Centauri (the two Centauri stars are the south pole "pointers") Betelgeuse Canopus Fomalhaut Procyon Rigel Sirius Star Clusters: (shown as hollow yellow circle, text in upper case) The Pleiades (also called "Seven Sisters") - six or seven stars of this star cluster can be seen with the naked eye. |
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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