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Night sky mapDRACO August 2019 North STAR BRIGHTNESS Zero or brighter st Deneb
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nd CYGNUS 2 NE CANES VENATICI rd
3 Vega LYRA NW 4th CORONA BOREALIS HERCULES BOOTES
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Arcturus SAGITTA COMA BERENICES
DELPHINUS SERPENS Altair Barnard’s star
EQUULEUS OPHIUCHUS First quarter AQUILA Moon on 8th SCUTUM SERPENS VIRGO LIBRA Saturn Jupiter Zubenelgenubi P Spica
East P Antares SAGITTARIUS Centre of the Galaxy M6 CORVUS M7 CAPRICORNUS SCORPIUS Teapot NGC 6231 CRATER West
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 SCULPTOR CHART KEY MENSA CARINA PYXIS SE VOLANS Bright star PHOENIX HYDRUS SW Faint star Achernar LMC MOON PHASE Ecliptic Milky Way New Moon 01st DORADO Celestial Equator RETICULUM First quarter 08th P Planet PUPPIS Full Moon 15th LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud HOROLOGIUM Canopus Last quarter 24th SMC or Small Magellanic Cloud South New Moon 30th PICTOR THE CHART HIGHLIGHTS IN AUGUST 2019 Adhara The star chart shows the starsFORNAX and constellations visible in The best time to look at the moon with a small the night sky for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart telescope or binoculars is a few days either side of its
CAELUM CANIS MAJOR and Adelaide for August at about 7:30 pm (local standard first quarterCOLUMBA phase, which falls on the 8th. This month time). For Darwin and similar northerly locations, the chart there are two bright planets in the evening sky: Jupiter will still apply, but some stars will be lost off the southern high in the north in the constellation Ophiuchus and edge while extra stars will be visible to the north. Stars Saturn in the northeast in the constellation of down to a brightness or magnitude limit of 4.5 are shown Sagittarius. High in the sky are the constellations on the star chart. To use this star chart, rotate the chart so Sagittarius (the Archer), Scorpius (the Scorpion) and that the direction you are facing (north, south, east or west) Crux (the Southern Cross). When viewing the night is shown at the bottom. The centre of the chart represents sky from a dark location, it may be possible to see the the point directly above your head, called the zenith point, white glow of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. and the outer circular edge represents the horizon.
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.