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Night sky map March 2020 North URSA MAJOR
STAR BRIGHTNESS
Zero or brighter
st STAR BRIGHTNESS 1 magnitude Capella nd Zero or brighter LYNX
2 Gemini (the Twins) PERSEUS st NE AURIGA
3rd 1 magnitude th nd NW 4 2 LEO MINOR 3rd First quarter Leo (the Lion) Moon on 3rd 4th Pollux GEMINI CANCER
COMA BERENICES Jupiter LEO TAURUS Aldebaran Regulus CANIS MINOR ARIES STAR BRIGHTNESS CANIS MINOR Procyon Betelgeuse ORION Zero or brighter SEXTANS ORION’S BELT HYDRA Canis Major MONOCEROS st SEXTANS M42 1 magnitude (the Great Dog) nd Rigel 2 Sirius Sirius rd CANIS MAJOR 3 CRATER HYDRA LEPUS East th 4 Adhara ERIDANUS VIRGO PYXIS CORVUS ANTLIA PUPPIS COLUMBA CORVUS West Spica FALSE CROSS CAELUM VELA Canopus Canopus PICTOR CETUS Eta Carina FORNAX
SOUTHERN CROSS CARINA DORADO ERIDANUS VOLANS HOROLOGIUM CENTAURUS LMC CRUX RETICULUM Mimosa Zubenelgenubi MENSA MUSCA CHAMAELEON HYDRUS Achernar Hadar POINTERS South Celestial Pole SCULPTOR Alpha Centauri SMC PHOENIX OCTANS CIRCINUS APUS TUCANA LUPUS CHART KEY SE TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE NORMA Bright star SW Faint star MOON PHASE Ecliptic Milky Way PAVO First quarter 03rd Celestial Equator ARA GRUS Antares Full Moon 10th P Planet INDUS SCORPIUS Last quarter 16th LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud South New Moon 24th SMC or Small Magellanic Cloud PISCIS AUSTRINUS TELESCOPIUM
THE CHART HIGHLIGHTS IN MARCH 2020 CORONA AUSTRALIS The star chart shows the Centrestars of theand Galaxy constellations visible in the The best time to view the Moon with small MICROSCOPIUM night sky for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart and telescope or binoculars is a few days either side Adelaide for March at about 8.30pm (Daylight Savings Time) of the first quarter Moon on the 3rd. In 2020, the and at about 9.30 pm (Local Standard Time) for Perth and Autumnal equinox falls on the 20th of March. Brisbane. For Darwin and similar locations the chart will still Prominent in the sky this month, are the apply, but some stars will be lost off the southern edge while constellations of Canis Major (the Great Dog), extra stars will be visible to the north. Stars down to a Orion (the Hunter), Gemini (the Twins) and Leo brightness or magnitude limit of 4.5 are shown on the star (the Lion). The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is chart. To use this star chart, rotate the chart so that the high in the southern sky, along with the False direction you are facing (north, south, east or west) is shown Cross, which is often mistaken for the Southern at the bottom. The centre of the chart represents the point Cross. Crux (the Southern Cross) is low in the directly above your head, called the zenith point, and the outer south eastern sky. 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 Geoffrey Wyatt. © 2020 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.