The Acorn Tree at Night

Southern Hemisphere Skies, New Zealand
April 1st, 2002 - 9pm
Map as from Auckland skies

* Printable black and white skymap(100k) *

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)

Jupiter. This planet really is a must to see at the moment. View its moons through a telescope for a few nights and notice the change of their orbit.

Moon (Earth's natural satellite):-

Moon April 1st:
Moonrise April 1st: 2031hrs (31 minutes past 8pm)
Moon Set April 1st: 1131hrs (31 minutes past 11am)
Moon April 13th (new moon):
Moonrise April 13th: 0644hrs (16 minutes to 7am)
Moon Set: 1821hrs (21 minutes past 6pm)

Canis Minor
Canis Major
Carina
Centaurus
Cetus
Eridanus
Gemini
Hydra
Leo
Libra
Pavo
Phoenix

Crux (Southern Cross)
Taurus
Triangulum Australe

Achernar
Acrux
Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentauri)
Beta Centauri (these two latter stars are the "pointers"
Arcturus
Betelgeuse
Canopus
Castor
Fomalhaut
Pollux
Procyon
Regulus
Rigel
Sirius

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).

M42 (Orion)