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SFA Star Chart 1 Nov 20 SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region 0h Dec 6 Nov 5 h 23 30º 1 h d Dec 21 h p Oct 21h s b 2 h 22 ANDROMEDA - Daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia Mirach Local Meridian for 8 PM q m ANTLIA - Air Pumpe p 40º APUS - Bird of Paradise n o i b g AQUILA - Eagle k ANDROMEDA Jan 5 u TRIANGULUM AQUARIUS - Water Carrier Oct 6 h z 3 21 LACERTA l h ARA - Altar j g ARIES - Ram 50º AURIGA - Charioteer e a BOOTES - Herdsman j r Schedar b CAELUM - Graving Tool x b a Algol Jan 20 b o CAMELOPARDALIS - Giraffe h Caph q 4 Sep 20 CYGNUS k h 20 g a 60º z CAPRICORNUS - Sea Goat Deneb z g PERSEUS d t x CARINA - Keel of the Ship Argo k i n h m a s CASSIOPEIA - Ethiopian Queen on a Throne c h CASSIOPEIA g Mirfak d e i CENTAURUS - Half horse and half man CEPHEUS e CEPHEUS - Ethiopian King Alderamin a d 70º CETUS - Whale h l m Feb 5 5 CHAMAELEON - Chameleon h i g h 19 Sep 5 i CIRCINUS - Compasses b g z d k e CANIS MAJOR - Larger Dog b r z CAMELOPARDALIS 7 h CANIS MINOR - Smaller Dog e 80º g a e a Capella CANCER - Crab LYRA Vega d a k AURIGA COLUMBA - Dove t b COMA BERENICES - Berenice's Hair Aug 21 j Feb 20 CORONA AUSTRALIS - Southern Crown Eltanin c Polaris 18 a d 6 d h CORONA BOREALIS - Northern Crown h q g x b q 30º 30º 80º 80º 40º 70º 50º 60º 60º 70º 50º CRATER - Cup 40º i e CRUX - Cross n z b Rastaban h URSA CORVUS - Crow z r MINOR CANES VENATICI - Hunting Dogs p 80º b CYGNUS - Swan h g q DELPHINUS - Dolphin Kocab Aug 6 e 17 DORADO - Goldfish q h h h DRACO o 7 DRACO - Dragon s GEMINI t t Mar 7 EQUULEUS - Little Horse HERCULES LYNX z i a ERIDANUS - River j k l r Thuban FORNAX - Furnace Castor a GEMINI - Twins u a Dubhe GRUS - Crane Jul 2216 60º j i HERCULES - Hero h h q q k 8 Alcor z Megrez HOROLOGIUM - Clock m e b Merak b Mizar Mar 22 HYDRA - Sea Serpent q Alioth d HYDRUS - Water Snake l h Phecda d g INDUS - Indian Alkaid 50º URSA MAJOR BOOTES g c l a Jul 615 h h 9 -2 m y r Apr 6 -1 b b a 0 40º Cor Caroli 1 h 14 h CANES VENATICI LEO MINOR Jun 21 10 2 3 n Apr 21 4 x h 5 13h 30º 11 Jun 6 12h May 6 May 22 SFA Observatory © 2002 - http://observe.phy.sfasu.edu/ SFA Star Chart 2 - Equatorial Region Local Meridian for 8 PM May 22 May 6 Apr 21 Apr 6 Mar 22 Mar 7 Feb 20 Feb 5 Jan 20 Jan 5 Dec 21 Dec 6 Nov 20 60º 60º υ CASSIOPEIA α β β CAMELOPARDALIS η Schedar γ Merak δ γ ϕ τ Phecda θ ϕ URSA MAJOR Mirfak 50º λ ι θ 50º χ ι µ α Capella σ ϕ δ κ α LYNX β κ ψ λ ε ANDROMEDA ν γ β υ η ζ Algol ν 40º µ ε 40º µ θ θ PERSEUS ρ β AURIGA β σ ξ Mirach α β ν LEO MINOR θ ι γ π Castor α ρ ο ξ τ ζ δ TRIANGULUM τ α 30º α ε 30º ι Pollux σ Alnath Alpheratz υ ι υ µ β β κ ε CANCER GEMINI TAURUS ϕ κ 90º Pleiades ARIES ζ ε º 80º α ζ δ 100 Hamal LEO λ 110º η Jun 22 70º η Zosma γ Jul 2 µ ζ Jun 11 δ 20º ζ 2 1 Jun 60 β 20º γ 1 Jul 12 ν χ χ 1 º 3 M 20º δ Jul 2 ε ay 21 5 γ 130º α 0º η δ M ug 2 λ γ ay 1 β θ A γ 1 4 140º Aldebaran 0º η Algenib 2 ν θ Denebola ug 1 ξ May γ A ξ ORION λ 1 Regulus α α 30º µ PISCES ι g 23 λ Apr ρ Au ο 2 20 10º β π ξ ο 10º º µ ο λ 2 160 β ξ 0º ε δ VIRGO Betelgeuse Bellatrix 3 A p 2 ε π pr ν σ Se ζ α γ 10 δ Procyon CANIS MINOR 4 µ º π ν 10 170 Mekab α º 3 α M p 1 θ σ 5 γ ξ ar Se η π α 31 β 6 π δ 0º δ 0º 23 α Ma Sep β ι r 2 δ ζ ε µ 1 ζ σ η ν Mira Cursa Declination SEXTANS ο θ β MONOCERUS γ ι τ ο1 CETUS θ γ β 2 ζ ι α κ β ο δ ε η θ α Rigel η -10º ε Baten -10º Saiph ζ λ θ γ π κ λ π δ η ζ CRATER ν υ Sirius θ Zaurak τ γ µ ERIDANUS η HYDRA α β γ α ι β µ α Arneb LEPUS 1 ζ ν τ Diphda -20º CANIS MAJOR β 5 4 -20º δ τ τ τ2 υ ε 6 2 9 τ β ρ ο ξ γ τ ξ ο1 τ3 τ8 δ θ γ SCULPTOR σ ε 1 α η υ FORNAX ν α -30º ζ 2 α PYXIS υ -30º ξ β α κ Phakt δ α β η ANTLIA β β ε ε γ ι π β COLUMBA -40º ψ ζ θ ι CAELUM -40º PUPPIS α α PHOENIX λ η α σ ν γ κ δ β γ ε µ κ VELA δ -50º τ β ι -50º χ Canopus γ χ ο α HOROLOGIUM η ϕ ϕ κ δ α ζ ζ δ γ ζ CARINA Achernar DORADO α η ι ε PICTOR -60º -60º 12h 11h 10h 9h 8h 7h 6h 5h 4h 3h 2h 1h 0h Right Ascension SFA Observatory © 2002 http://observe.phy.sfasu.edu SFA Star Chart 3 - Equatorial Region Local Meridian for 8 PM Nov 20 Nov 5 Oct 21 Oct 6 Sep 20 Sep 5 Aug 21 Aug 6 Jul 22 Jul 6 Jun 21 Jun 6 May 22 60º 60º ι ζ ξ DRACO θ Alioth δ CEPHEUS Alcor ζ ν ε κ Mizar ι β β θ 50º α γ η 50º Alkaid λ Deneb ι τ λ LACERTA ϕ κ α δ ο ι σ β LYRA β CANES VENATICI 40º ANDROMEDA γ ε α 40º CYGNUS η γ Vega ρ π µ α Cor Caroli δ ζ η θ HERCULES π ε χ δ BOOTES γ β η ε ζ θ ρ 30º β ζ ι σ 30º ο β γ β Albireo ξ β ι µ λ ε α κ γ ε µ α δ δ VULPECULA CORONA BOREALIS COMA BERENICES λ β PEGASUS 20º γ α 20º δ γ κ Arcturus η α α γ α SAGITTA β υ Markab DELPHINUS ε γ β α δ β α ζ α ζ ξ SERPENS ζ ε γ ε 10º ε δ γ ι δ 10º Altair AQUILA κ ο PISCES α µ ω θ θ EQUULEUS λ β α ι α γ β β δ ε δ λ π γ λ τ κ η º η α ζ η 180 0º ζ 0º Ma 3 r 2 γ p 2 1 γ θ ι OPHIUCHUS Se 35 ο AQUARIUS η º 0º δ µ 190 Declination θ Ma λ β ε µ VIRGO t 3 r 11 β ι Oc ϕ 3 º 40º 200 θ µ α λ Ma β t 13 ψ r 1 ε Oc -10º SCUTUM ζ κ º -10º 330º ξ 210 Spica Fe ν 3 α b 1 α ο ct 2 τ 9 O 320º γ ν 220º ι β γ α F 2 δ δ eb 9 ι θ ξ η ϕ θ Nov δ 310º 230º γ γ ρ Jan χ β 12 30 300 ν 40º Nov CORVUS -20º º 2 -20º η 290 π ξ ξ 0º 2 Jan 20 º 25 ω ω Nov 2 280º 270º 260º γ ε ζ Jan 10 Dec 2 δ LIBRA β CAPRICORNUS D Dec 12 ψ ec 31 λ Dec 22 σ α σ θ σ π Antares π ε ω τ α HYDRA δ PISCES AUSTRINUS ϕ υ α δ τ ρ τ -30º Fomalhaut θ ζ -30º γ γ τ ε γ SAGITTARIUS SCORPIUS SCULPTOR δ ι χ γ β µ α ε ε γ λ ϕ θ ι γ ε η υ θ λ µ LUPUS β MICROSCOPIUM α κ κ β η -40º λ θ α CORONA AUSTRALIS ι δ -40º GRUS δ γ κ η ν ι µ η ζ θ ζ µ δ ι β η θ β ι δ α δ ε υ β ε ι CENTAURUS α α ε ζ PHOENIX τ ι η µ κ α α σ δ -50º TELESCOPIUM ζ γ -50º σ ε INDUS γ NORMA ζ ξ ε ζ ε ρ λ ARA δ θ η β α ζ CRUX γ γ γ TUCANA β CIRCINUS β PAVO η γ β δ -60º -60º h 24h 23h 22h 21h 20h 19h 18h 17h 16h 15h 14h 13h 12 Right Ascension SFA Observatory © 2002 - http://observe.phy.sfasu.edu Nov 20 SFA Star Chart 4 - Southern Region 0h Nov 5 Dec 6 1h -30º 23h h SCULPTOR g d Oct 21 LACERTA - Lizard Dec 21h g b 22 Local Meridian for 8 PM 2 h LEO - Lion b t -40º PISCES AUSTRINUS LEPUS - Hare PHOENIX m q LIBRA - Scales a i k i Oct 6 GRUS LEO MINOR - Smaller Lion e m l g e h FORNAX g 21 Jan 5 i d h LUPUS - Wolf 3 n b b LYNX - Wildcat b -50º g LYRA - Harp i s d a q a MENSA - Table Mountain z e q MICROSCOPIUM - Microscope k Sep 20 ERIDANUS c z TUCANA MICROSCOPIUM MONOCERUS - Unicorn h g 20 h j a Jan 20 i h MUSCA - Fly 4 i -60º d INDUS h NORMA - Carpenter`s Square Achernar q HOROLOGIUM z a a OCTANS - Octant, Navigational Instrument b a OPHIUCHUS - Serpent Holder z e HYDRUS d b ORION - The Hunter a 2 PAVO - Peacock u -70º g a b a SAGITTARIUS Sep 5 PEGASUS - Winged Horse a d d i g RETICULUM e b 19 h b a h PERSEUS - Hero 5 d g Feb 5 CAELUM d b e b b d PHOENIX - Mythical Bird g a g h z e PICTOR - Easel a DORADO -80º n PAVO l l PISCES AUSTRINUS - Southern Fish g e h PISCES - Fish e z b q k OCTANS d l TELESCOPIUM z CORONA e PUPPIS - Stern of the Ship Argo a b h a PICTOR k n AUSTRALIS h PYXIS - Mariner's Compass COLUMBA b b b z x e Aug 21 g d MENSA g g p 18 RETICULUM - Net h g h ml SCULPTOR - Sculptor's Apparatus 6 d a h Feb 20 h i -60º -30º -30º a -80º -80º -40º -50º -70º -60º -50º SCORPIUS - Scorpion -70º g k g b d b q SCUTUM - Shield d Canopus a g d d a a l SERPENS - Serpent n d z q ARA u t a d a APUS SEXTANS - Sextant, Navigational Instrument g h h VOLANS b z e SCORPIUS SAGITTA - Arrow k e CHAMAELEON d g e SAGITTARIUS - Archer CARINA b z Mar 7 b m 7 b PUPPIS TRIANGULUM AUSTRALIS h TAURUS - Bull h g g e e 17 p c e a w d CIRCINUS TELESCOPIUM - Telescope s Aug 6 a NORMA -70º g h TRIANGULUM AUSTRALIS - Southern Triangle u a MUSCA b e b a d TRIANGULUM - Triangle d i l Rigil Kentaurus g q Hadar TUCANA - Toucan o h q z a z URSA MAJOR - Great Bear k l Acrux b m g h k e URSA MINOR - Little Bear b Mimosa Mar 22 -60º LUPUS c h 8 l VELA - Sails of the Ship Argo h j d a d 16 VIRGO - Virgin g e b l Jul 22 PYXIS VELA CRUX j VOLANS - Flying Fish b p i k r VULPECULA - Fox a h s z u y m -50º d g CENTAURUS e t Apr 96 m h h -2 n 15 q Jul 6 -1 ANTLIA 0 i -40º i 1 10 h Apr 21h a 14 2 3 HYDRA b Jun 21 4 5 11h -30º h May 6 13 12h Jun 6 May 22 SFA Observatory © 2002 - http://observe.phy.sfasu.edu/ Using the SFA Star Charts The charts provided cover the entire celestial sphere.
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