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    Night sky map August 2017

    North

    STAR BRIGHTNESS
    Zero or brighter Deneb
    st
    1 magnitude
    CYGNUS
    2nd NE CANES VENATICI

    3rd Vega

    NW
    LYRA
    4th
    CORONA BOREALIS
    HERCULES BOOTES

    VULPECULA

    Arcturus COMA BERENICES


    SAGITTA

    DELPHINUS SERPENS
    Altair
    Barnards star
    EQUULEUS OPHIUCHUS
    AQUILA First quarter
    Moon on 29th Jupiter
    SCUTUM VIRGO
    SERPENS
    Saturn LIBRA
    Zubenelgenubi
    P
    Spica
    P
    Teapot Antares
    East

    SAGITTARIUS Centre of the Galaxy

    West
    CORVUS
    M6
    M7
    CAPRICORNUS SCORPIUS
    NGC 6231 CRATER
    LUPUS
    AQUARIUS CORONA AUSTRALIS

    MICROSCOPIUM NORMA Centaurus A


    ARA Omega Centauri
    TELESCOPIUM
    CENTAURUS
    CIRCINUS
    PISCIS AUSTRINUS Alpha Centauri
    Hadar POINTERS
    INDUS Jewel Box Mimosa
    PAVO TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE SOUTHERN CROSS HYDRA
    Coalsac CRUX
    APUS
    GRUS
    MUSCA
    ANTLIA

    OCTANS
    South Celestial Pole
    47 Tucanae CHAMAELEON VELA
    TUCANA
    SMC

    CHART KEY SCULPTOR


    PHOENIX
    MENSA CARINA
    VOLANS
    PYXIS
    HYDRUS
    SE

    Bright star
    Faint star Achernar LMC
    SW MOON PHASE
    Ecliptic Milky Way Full Moon 08th
    Celestial Equator DORADO Last quarter 15th
    RETICULUM

    P Planet New Moon 22nd


    PUPPIS
    LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud HOROLOGIUM Canopus First quarter 29th
    SMC or Small Magellanic Cloud South

    THE CHART HIGHLIGHTS IN AUGUST 2017


    The star chart shows the stars and constellations visible in On 8 August, there will be a partial lunar eclipse which
    the night sky for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart will be visible across Australia. The eclipse will begin
    and Adelaide for August 2017 at about 7:30 pm (local at 3:22AM AEST, when the Moon enters the Earths
    standard time). For Darwin and similar northerly locations shadow and then leave the Earths shadow at 5:19AM
    the chart will still apply, but some stars will be lost off the AEST, thus ending the eclipse. The planet Venus is
    southern edge while extra stars will be visible to the north. visible in the early morning, low in the north-east, all
    Stars down to a brightness or magnitude limit of 4.5 are month long. The best time to look at the moon with a
    shown on the star chart. To use this star chart, rotate the small telescope or binoculars is a few days either side
    chart so that the direction you are facing (north, south, east of its first quarter phase, which falls on the 29th of
    or west) is shown at the bottom. The centre of the chart August. High in the sky are the constellations
    represents the point directly above your head, called the Sagittarius (the Archer), Scorpius (the Scorpion) and
    zenith point, and the outer circular edge represents the Crux (the Southern Cross). When viewing the night
    horizon. sky from a dark location, it may be possible to see the
    white glow of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.

    Sydney Observatory is part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. The Sydney Observatory night sky map was created by Dr M. Anderson using the TheSky
    software. This months edition was prepared by Jane Kaczmarek. 2017 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.

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