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TheSky (c) Astronomy Software 1984-1998 CEPHEUS CASSIOPEIA DRACO Night sky map October 2019 North STAR BRIGHTNESS Zero or brighter 1st magnitude LACERTA 2nd Deneb NE CYGNUS rd ANDROMEDA 3 Vega 4th LYRA NW CORONA BOREALIS HERCULES VULPECULA PEGASUS SAGITTA DELPHINUS Altair EQUULEUS PISCES AQUILA First Quarter Moon SERPENS AQUARIUS on the 6th SCUTUM OPHIUCHUS CAPRICORNUS SERPENS Saturn East P SAGITTARIUS Teapot CETUS PISCIS AUSTRINUS MICROSCOPIUM Centre of the Galaxy Jupiter P West SCULPTOR CORONA AUSTRALIS Antares GRUS LIBRA SCORPIUS INDUS TELESCOPIUM Zubenelgenubi P P PHOENIX ARA Mercury on the 21st Venus on PAVO the 21st NORMA LUPUS FORNAX TUCANA Achernar 47 Tucanae ERIDANUS SMC TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE CIRCINUS OCTANS APUS HOROLOGIUM HYDRUS Alpha Centauri South Celestial Pole Hadar RETICULUM POINTERS MENSA SOUTHERN CROSS CHAMAELEON MUSCA CENTAURUS LMC Mimosa CHART KEY SE DORADO CAELUM CRUX Bright star VOLANS SW Faint star PICTOR Ecliptic Milky Way MOON PHASE First quarter 06th Celestial Equator Canopus CARINA P Planet COLUMBA Full Moon 14th LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud Last quarter 21st SMC or Small Magellanic Cloud South New Moon 28th VELA THE CHART HIGHLIGHTS IN OCTOBER 2019 The star chart shows the stars and constellationsPUPPIS visible in The best time to look at the Moon with a small the night sky for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart telescope or binocularsANTLIA is a few days either side of its and Adelaide for October at aboutAdhara 7:30 pm (local standard first quarter phase, which falls on the 6th of October. time) or 8.30pm (local daylight saving time). For Darwin Saturn is high in the west in the constellation CANIS MAJOR and similarSirius northerly locations the chart will still apply, but Sagittarius (the Archer). Jupiter is in the west in the some stars will be lost off the southern edge while extra constellation Ophiuchus. Venus starts the month low stars will be visible to the north. Stars down to a brightness inPYXIS the west but will gradually gain altitude as the month or magnitude limit of 4.5 are shown on the star chart. To progresses. Mercury is also low in the west this month. use this star chart, rotate the chart so that the direction you To the south-west is the constellation Crux (the are facing (north, south, east or west) is shown at the Southern Cross), which can be easily located using bottom. The centre of the chart represents the point the two nearby stars commonly referred to as the directly above your head, called the zenith point, and the Pointer Stars. The brighter of the two Pointer Stars, outer circular edge represents the horizon. Alpha Centauri, is the closest star system to our own. Scorpius (the Scorpion) is also high in the west. 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 month’s edition was prepared by Melissa Hulbert. © 2019 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney. .

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