The Acorn Tree at Night

Southern Hemisphere Skies, New Zealand
June 1st, 2002 - 6.30pm
Map as from Auckland skies

* Printable black and white skymap(105k) *

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):-
MarsLow on the horizon at 6.30pm, but still there!
Venus Another magnificent sight, especially as it is so close to Jupiter right now.

Moon June 1st:
Moonrise June 1st: 2224hrs (24 minutes past 10pm)
Moon Set: 1255hrs (5 minutes to 1pm)
Moon June 11th (new moon):
Moonrise June 13th: 0739hrs (21 minutes to 8am)
Moon Set: 1701hrs (1 minutes past 5pm)

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

Crux (Southern Cross)
Triangulum Australe
Vela
Virgo

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