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The Acorn Tree at Night
Southern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandFebruary 1st, 2004
Map as from Auckland skies
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The Acorn Tree at NightSouthern Hemisphere Skies, New ZealandFebruary 1st, 2004 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 Rise Feb 1st: 16.44hrs (16 mins to 5pm) Moon Sets Feb 2nd 01.40hrs (20 mins to 2am )
Mew Moon Rises Feb 20th: 6.09am Jupiter Mars Saturn Venus
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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 Aldebaran Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentauri) Beta Centauri (the two Centauri stars are the south pole "pointers") Betelgeuse Canopus Capella Castor Fomalhaut Pollux 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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