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Night sky map DRACOSeptember 2017 North URSA MAJOR
North STAR BRIGHTNESS Zero or brighter st LACERTA 1 magnitude Deneb
nd NE CYGNUS 2 NE rd Vega CANES VENATICI
3 LYRA Vega NW th LYRA NW 4 BOOTES LEO MINOR CORONA BOREALIS CORONA CORONA BOREALIS HERCULES BOOTES HERCULES BOREALIS BOOTES VULPECULA
COMA BERENICES SAGITTA Arcturus Arcturus PEGASUS DELPHINUS Arcturus SAGITTA SERPENSAltair LEO
EQUULEUS SERPENS Regulus Regulus AQUILA VIRGO Altair OPHIUCHUS OPHIUCHUS First quarter SCUTUM Spica Moon onZubenel 28th genubi SERPENS LIBRA Zubenelgenubi Saturn CORVUS SEXTANS SERPENS CRATER AQUILA AQUARIUS
SCUTUM CAPRICORNUS P East East SAGITTARIUS Antares LIBRA AntaresCentre of the Galaxy Antares Zubenelgenubi Teapot VIRGO Centre of the Galaxy P MICROSCOPIUM Jupiter SCORPIUS West SCORPIUS HYDRA Spica West PISCIS AUSTRINUS CORONA AUSTRALISLUPUS SAGITTARIUS CENTAURUS NORMA CENTAURUSOmega Centauri TELESCOPIUM TEA POT AlphaNORMA Centauri LUPUS CORONA AUSTRALIS ARA ANTLIA POINTERS CIRCINUS Hadar CRUX NORMASOUTHERN CROSS GRUS INDUSARA CORVUS Alpha Centauri CETUS Mimosa CRUX CAPRICORNUS TRIANGULUMTRIANGULUM PAVOAUSTRALE PYXIS SCULPTOR TELESCOPIUM AUSTRALE CIRCINUS VELA MUSCA TRIANGULUMProxima Centauri AUSTRALE Alpha Centauri MICROSCOPIUM APUS Hadar CENTAURUS 47 Tucanae APUS PHOENIX PAVO APUS SOUTHERN CROSS POINTERS TUCANA CHAMAELEON OCTANS MimosaCARINA INDUS SMC MUSCA OCTANSOCTANS SouthSouth Celestial Celestial Pole Pole CRUX Achernar VOLANS PUPPIS CHAMAELEON PISCIS AUSTRINUS HYDRUS MENSA Adhara CANIS MAJOR MENSA CHART KEY SE GRUS SE SMC LMC FORNAX Canopus Bright star HYDRUS HOROLOGIUM TUCANA DORADO SW MOON PHASE Faint star RETICULUM LMC VOLANS SW th Ecliptic Milky Way Full Moon 6 DORADO th CARINA PICTOR ANTLIA Last quarter 13 Celestial Equator RETICULUM VELA th COLUMBA New Moon 20 P Planet Achernar Last quarter 28th LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud PHOENIX South SMC or Small Magellanic Cloud PICTOR SouthHOROLOGIUM Canopus CAELUM CAELUM THE CHART SCULPTOR HIGHLIGHTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 PYXIS The star chart shows the stars and constellations visible in This month there are two bright planets in the the night sky for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, eveningPUPPIS sky: Jupiter in the west in Virgo and Brisbane and Adelaide for September 2017 at about 7:30 pm Saturn high in the sky East of Scorpius. The (local standard time). For Darwin and similarCOLUMBA locations the constellations of Scorpius (the Scorpion) and chart will still apply, but some stars will be lost off the Crux (the Southern Cross) are high in the sky. southern edge while extra stars will be visible to the north. FORNAX The Southern Cross is easily located using the Stars down to a brightness or magnitude limit of 4.5 are two nearby pointer stars, which themselves are shown on the star chart. To use this star chart, rotate the a part of Centaurus (the Centaur). The brighter Adhara chart so that the direction you are facing (north, south, east of the pointers, Alpha Centauri, is the closest or west) is shown at the bottom. The centre of the chart star system to our own. Near the end of the represents the point directly above your head, called the Scorpion’s tail is Sagittarius (the Archer). The zenith point, and the outer circular edge represents the brightest stars in Sagittarius form the shape of horizon. The best time to look at the Moon with binoculars or a teapot. telescopes is within a few days either side of first quarter.
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 Kirsten Banks. © 2017 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.