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Night sky map April 2016 North URSA MAJOR STAR BRIGHTNESS

Zero or brighter URSA MAJOR st 1 magnitude Capella

2nd CANES VENATICI LYNX PERSEUS NE AURIGA 3rd

Gemini (the Twins) th NW 4 LEO MINOR

Leo (the Lion) Pollux First Quarter Moon on 14th GEMINI CANCER COMA BERENICES LEO

Regulus TAURUS Arcturus Aldebaran JUPITER CANIS MINOR Procyon P Betelgeuse

SEXTANS HYDRA M42 ORION MONOCEROS

ORION’S BELT

CRATER Rigel VIRGO HYDRA Sirius

East CORVUS CANIS MAJOR LEPUS Spica PYXIS Adhara CORVUS ANTLIA ERIDANUS

PUPPIS West COLUMBA FALSE CROSS Canopus VELA Eta Carina CAELUM SOUTHERN CROSS Zubenelgenubi Canopus PICTOR ERIDANUS CARINA LIBRA CENTAURUS

CRUX VOLANS FORNAX Mimosa DORADO LMC MUSCA RETICULUM HOROLOGIUM Hadar CHAMAELEON POINTERS MENSA Alpha Centauri LUPUS CIRCINUS HYDRUS South Celestial Pole

APUS Achernar NORMA TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE OCTANS SMC CHART KEYAntares SE Bright star TUCANA PHOENIX MOON PHASE Faint star SW SCORPIUS ARA SCULPTORLast quarter 01st Ecliptic Milky Way PAVO Celestial Equator New Moon 07th P Planet First quarter 14th LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud Full Moon 22nd SMC or SmallCentre Magellanic of the Galaxy Cloud Last quarter 30th TELESCOPIUM South INDUS GRUS CORONA AUSTRALIS THE CHART HIGHLIGHTS IN APRIL 2016

The star chart shows the stars and constellations visible in The best time to view the Moon with a small the night sky for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, telescope or binoculars is a few days either Perth and Brisbane in April at about 8:00pm (local standard side of its First quarter phase on the 14th. time). For Darwin and similar northerly locations the chart will Jupiter, the PISCISlargest AUSTRINUS of the planets in our solar still apply, but some stars will be lost off the southern edge system, can be seen in the eastern sky. MICROSCOPIUM while extra stars willSAGITTARIUS be visible to the north. Stars down to a Prominent in the sky this month, are the brightness or magnitude limit of 4.5 are shown on the star constellations of Canis Major (the Great Dog), chart. To use this star chart, rotate the chart so that the Orion (the Hunter), Gemini (the Twins) and Leo direction you are facing (north, south, east or west) is shown (the Lion). Crux (the Southern Cross) is low in at the bottom. The centre of the chart represents the point the south eastern sky. Crux can be easily directly above your head, called the zenith point, and the located as it is always adjacent to so-called outer circular edge represents the horizon. Pointer stars of Centaurus (the Centaur).

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 Brenan Dew. © 2016 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.