The Southern Sky GuideThis unique and accessible book provides a handy reference to the skies visible from the countries of the southern hemisphere. Amateur astronomers or casual observers of the night sky will have easy access to the star charts of world famous astronomical cartographer Wil Tirion, prepared especially for this volume. Television astronomer David Ellyard has contributed a detailed explanatory text to accompany the charts, together with a general introduction to the study of the night sky. Charts of the whole sky--24 in all--show what is visible early and late in each month. These are followed by details of each section of the sky, with particular attention to the constellations seen in the southern skies. Planet positions are provided up to the year 2010. For this new edition, the text has been thoroughly revised and new charts created to illustrate the legends behind the main constellations. |
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Achernar Adhara Aldebaran Alpha Altair ANDROMEDA Antares ANTLIA Aquarius AQUILA Arcturus Argo Aries AURIGA AUSTRINUS Best visible Beta Betelgeuse binoculars bright stars brighter brightest star Cancer Capricornus CANIS MAJOR CANIS MINOR Canopus Capricornus Carina Castor CENTAURUS CETUS chart to left chart to right COMA BERENICES Conj/Sun constellation CORONA CORVUS CRATER Cross Cygnus degrees Dec Deneb east ECLIPTIC EQUULEUS ERIDANUS Fomalhaut FORNAX galaxies Gemini Gemini Capricornus GRUS Hercules horizon Hours RA HYDRA Jupiter Leo Capricornus LEPUS Libra lies Look NW Look SW low LUPUS Lyra magnitude meridian MICROSCOPIUM Milky Moon Nebula night sky north-east north-west open cluster OPHIUCHUS Pegasus PERSEUS Pisces PISCIS planets Pleiades Pole Pollux Procyon PUPPIS PYXIS Regulus Rigel Sagittarius Scorpius SCULPTOR SERPENS CAPUT SERPENS CAUDA SEXTANS Sidereal Sirius Sky not visible small telescope south-east south-west Spica Taurus Taurus Capricornus TRIANGULUM URSA MAJOR Vega Vela Venus/Mercury Virgo Wil Tirion zodiac signs ՏՈԺԵ