SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region

SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region
Nov h Nov 5 Dec 6 23 h 30º  1 h Oct 21   Dec 21 ANDROMEDA - Daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia ANTLIA - Air Pumpe APUS - Bird of Paradise AQUILA - Eagle AQUARIUS - Water Carrier ARA - Altar ARIES - Ram AURIGA - Charioteer BOOTES - Herdsman CAELUM - Graving Tool CAMELOPARDALIS - Giraffe CAPRICORNUS - Sea Goat CARINA - Keel of the Ship Argo CASSIOPEIA - Ethiopian Queen on a Throne CENTAURUS - Half horse and half man CEPHEUS - Ethiopian King CETUS - Whale CHAMAELEON - Chameleon CIRCINUS - Compasses CANIS MAJOR - Larger Dog CANIS MINOR - Smaller Dog CANCER - Crab COLUMBA - Dove COMA BERENICES - Berenice's Hair CORONA AUSTRALIS - Southern Crown CORONA BOREALIS - Northern Crown CRATER - Cup CRUX - Cross CORVUS - Crow CANES VENATICI - Hunting Dogs CYGNUS - Swan DELPHINUS - Dolphin DORADO - Goldfish DRACO - Dragon EQUULEUS - Little Horse ERIDANUS - River FORNAX - Furnace GEMINI - Twins GRUS - Crane HERCULES - Hero HOROLOGIUM - Clock HYDRA - Sea Serpent HYDRUS - Water Snake INDUS - Indian 22 h   Mirach 2 h  40º        50º ANDROMEDA   Oct 6  Local Meridian for 8 PM h  TRIANGULUM Jan 5 21 LACERTA 3   h       Schedar   Algol Sep 20  h CYGNUS Caph   20   60º   4 Jan 20 Deneb   h  PERSEUS         Mirfak     CASSIOPEIA     Alderamin  CEPHEUS  70º    Sep 5 h   19 Feb 5  5    Vega    h     80º  CAMELOPARDALIS        Capella LYRA    AURIGA  18h Aug 21 Eltanin   Polaris   Feb h 30º  40º 50º   60º 70º 80º 80º 70º 60º 50º  40º  30º    Rastaban    URSA    MINOR  80º     Kocab  Aug 6 17 h   DRACO  7 h Mar 7  GEMINI   HERCULES    Thuban LYNX    Castor    Dubhe 60º  Megrez   16  Alcor  Mizar   8 h Jul 22 h   Merak Mar 22     Alkaid Alioth    Phecda 50º URSA MAJOR BOOTES     15         h  9 h Jul 6  Apr 6   Cor Caroli   40º 14 h CANES VENATICI LEO MINOR 10 h Jun 21  Apr 21  13 30º h 11 h Jun 6 12h May 22 May 6 SFA Observatory ©

SFA Star Chart 2 - Equatorial Region
Local Meridian for 8 PM Feb 20 May 22 May 6 Apr 21 60º Apr 6 Mar 22 Mar 7 Feb 5 Jan 20 Jan 5 Dec 21 Dec 6 Nov 20 60º   Merak CASSIOPEIA   CAMELOPARDALIS   Schedar    Phecda    50º URSA MAJOR  Mirfak   50º   Capella         LYNX       ANDROMEDA  40º     Algol     40º   AURIGA PERSEUS      Mirach    LEO MINOR        Castor    30º TRIANGULUM       30º Pollux   Alnath Alpheratz     GEMINI    CANCER   TAURUS  90º Pleiades ARIES     100º   Jun 22 80º Hamal  Zosma LEO   110º Jul 2   70º 20º   120º Jul 12  2  1 Jun 11   Jun 1 60º 20º Jul 23   130º     May 21 50º   Aug 2 Aldebaran  May 11 140º  40º  Denebola  Algenib Regulus   Aug 12  ORION      May 1  2 3 4 5  30º PISCES 10º Aug 23    CANIS MINOR  Betelgeuse    Apr 20  10º VIRGO 160º   Bellatrix  20º   Sep 2   Procyon   Apr 10 170º Mekab       10º Declination  Sep 13    6   Mar 31 0º Sep 23    0º         Mar 21  Mira SEXTANS Cursa      MONOCERUS  1 CETUS    2     Salph  Rigel        -10º  Baten  -10º     CRATER     Sirius         Zaurak ERIDANUS 5 4     HYDRA      Arneb  LEPUS 1 -20º  CANIS MAJOR Diphda -20º  2  6     2    9    8 3   SCULPTOR 1 -30º  PYXIS       2 FORNAX   -30º     Phakt     ANTLIA        COLUMBA -40º    PUPPIS CAELUM -40º  PHOENIX               VELA  -50º  Canopus     -50º    HOROLOGIUM        DORADO  Achernar  PICTOR   CARINA     -60º -60º 12h 11h 10h 9h 8h 7h 6h Right Ascension 5h 4h 3h 2h 1h 0h SFA Observatory ©

SFA Star Chart 3 - Equatorial Region
Nov 20 Nov 5 Oct 21 60º Local Meridian for 8 PM Aug 21 Oct 6 Sep 20 Sep 5 Aug 6 Jul 22 Jul 6 Jun 21 Jun 6 May 22 60º   DRACO   Alioth  CEPHEUS  Alcor  Mizar       URSA MAJOR 50º    50º Deneb  Alkaid      LACERTA    ANDROMEDA   LYRA  CANES VENATICI  40º    Vega CYGNUS  40º       Cor Caroli       HERCULES    BOOTES     30º        30º  Albireo  VULPECULA                 CORONA BOREALIS COMA BERENICES 20º PEGASUS   SAGITTA     20º  Arcturus       Markab   DELPHINUS           SERPENS  10º       10º PISCES    Altair   AQUILA    EQUULEUS     Declination            0º        180º 0º Mar 21    AQUARIUS    350º  OPHIUCHUS   Sep 23      190º Mar 11    VIRGO Oct 3  340º    200º  -10º Mar 1  SCUTUM   Oct 13 -10º 330º     210º  Spica  Feb 19   320º   Oct 23  220º     Feb 9      310º  Nov 2    230º  -20º Jan 30   Nov 12 CORVUS  300º 240º 290º    260º Dec 12  Jan 20  -20º 280º Dec 31 250º  270º Dec 22   Nov 22     CAPRICORNUS Jan 10 Dec 2 LIBRA         Fomalhaut Antares  PISCES AUSTRINUS         HYDRA -30º     -30º SCULPTOR       SCORPIUS      SAGITTARIUS             MICROSCOPIUM          LUPUS -40º   GRUS    CORONA AUSTRALIS        -40º                     PHOENIX     CENTAURUS     -50º TELESCOPIUM           -50º INDUS    NORMA        ARA      CRUX TUCANA  PAVO   CIRCINUS     -60º -60º 24h 23h 22h 21h 20h 19h 18h Right Ascension 17h 16h 15h 14h 13h 12h SFA Observatory ©

SFA Star Chart 4 - Southern Region
Nov h Dec 6 Nov 5 1 h -30º 23 h  SCULPTOR     PISCES AUSTRINUS LACERTA - Lizard LEO - Lion LEPUS - Hare LIBRA - Scales LEO MINOR - Smaller Lion LUPUS - Wolf LYNX - Wildcat LYRA - Harp MENSA - Table Mountain MICROSCOPIUM - Microscope MONOCERUS - Unicorn MUSCA - Fly NORMA - Carpenter`s Square OCTANS - Octant, Navigational Instrument OPHIUCHUS - Serpent Holder ORION - The Hunter PAVO - Peacock PEGASUS - Winged Horse PERSEUS - Hero PHOENIX - Mythical Bird PICTOR - Easel PISCES AUSTRINUS - Southern Fish PISCES - Fish PUPPIS - Stern of the Ship Argo PYXIS - Mariner's Compass RETICULUM - Net SCULPTOR - Sculptor's Apparatus SCORPIUS - Scorpion SCUTUM - Shield SERPENS - Serpent SEXTANS - Sextant, Navigational Instrument SAGITTA - Arrow SAGITTARIUS - Archer TAURUS - Bull TELESCOPIUM - Telescope TRIANGULUM AUSTRALIS - Southern Triangle TRIANGULUM - Triangle TUCANA - Toucan URSA MAJOR - Great Bear URSA MINOR - Little Bear VELA - Sails of the Ship Argo VIRGO - Virgin VOLANS - Flying Fish VULPECULA - Fox Dec 21 Oct 21 2 h    22 h -40º PHOENIX     Local Meridian for 8 PM    Jan 5 GRUS       Oct 6 3 h FORNAX    21 h  -50º           ERIDANUS    TUCANA MICROSCOPIUM Jan 20      Sep 20 4 h   -60º  INDUS  20 h HOROLOGIUM  Achernar       HYDRUS     -70º         SAGITTARIUS Feb 5  RETICULUM     5 h       19 Sep 5 CAELUM       h    DORADO  -80º   PAVO             PICTOR   OCTANS   TELESCOPIUM  CORONA AUSTRALIS   COLUMBA        MENSA    Feb h -30º    Aug h  -40º -50º  -60º   -70º -80º -80º -70º  -60º -50º  -30º    ARA      Canopus                   APUS VOLANS      SCORPIUS  CHAMAELEON    CARINA   PUPPIS   TRIANGULUM AUSTRALIS  Mar 7 7 h h           17 Aug 6   CIRCINUS -70º  NORMA      MUSCA   Rigil Kentaurus        Hadar         Acrux       -60º Mimosa   LUPUS  8   h Mar 22 h  CRUX    16 Jul 22  PYXIS  VELA             -50º    CENTAURUS   9 h  15 h         Apr 6  Jul 6 ANTLIA  -40º  10 h  14 h Apr 21 HYDRA  Jun 21 11 h -30º 13 h May 6 12h May 22 Jun 6 SFA Observatory ©

Using the SFA Star Charts
The charts provided cover the entire celestial sphere. You will notice that there are regions were the charts overlap. For example, Perseus can be found on both Chart 1 and Chart 2. Chart 1 Celestial North Pole Region Chart 2 Celestial Equator and Ecliptic Region Chart 3 Celestial Equator and Ecliptic Region Chart 4 Celestial South Pole Region The procedures outlined on the next page are for observers in the northern hemisphere. Chart 4 is not needed for these observers. Right Ascension and Declination The coordinates of stars and other objects on the celestial sphere are called right ascension and declination. These coordinates are similar to those used on Earth: longitude and latitude. Right ascension is measured in hours, declination is measured in degrees. You may notice that 24 hours of right ascension corresponds to 360 degrees, or simply that 1 hour of right ascension is 15 degrees.

Procedure for using Chart 1: Face North.
Find the meridian in the sky and on the Chart 1 using the date and time. Find the field of view on the Chart 1 and compare the stars seen on the chart with those in the sky. The meridian in the sky is an imaginary curve that passes through the north horizon, the north star, the point directly overhead (zenith), and the south horizon as shown below. Note that Polaris is not the brightest star in the sky. You can use Dubhe and Merak of Ursa Major as pointer stars to help you find Polaris. The meridian on Chart 1 can be located using the date and time. The dates along outer edge of the Chart 1 represent the location of the meridian. If Chart 1 is oriented so that the date appears a the top, then a line passing through the date and Polaris is the meridian at 8:00pm local time. For every hour after 8:00pm the meridian moves to the clockwise by one hour of right ascension. The field of view on the Chart 1 includes roughly all objects above the north horizon line. The north horizon line is a line perpendicular to the meridian on Chart 1 and intersects the meridian at a point 32° below Polaris. (Replace 32° with your latitude if you are not observing from the SFA Observatory.) Zenith Meridian Polaris, the North Star S N E Procedure for using Charts 2 and 3: Face South. Place Charts 2 and 3 side by side. Find the meridian in the sky and on Chart 2 or 3 using the date and time. Find the field of view on the Charts 2 and 3 and compare the stars seen on the chart with those in the sky. The meridian on Charts 2 and 3 can be located using the date and time. The dates along the top axis of these charts represent the location of the meridian (a vertical line) at 8:00pm local time. For every hour after 8:00pm the meridian moves to the left by one hour of right ascension. The field of view on these charts includes roughly all objects between a vertical line 6 hours of right ascension to the west (right) of the meridian and a vertical line 6 hours of right ascension to the east (left) of the meridian. These two vertical lines roughly represent the west and east horizon respectively. The “sine” curve seen when these two charts are placed side by side is known as the ecliptic and represents the apparent path of the Sun. The dates along the ecliptic give the location of the Sun on the celestial sphere for the date of interest. Dan Bruton, SFA Observatory,

SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region"— Presentation transcript:

Similar presentations

About project

Feedback

Log in

Auth with social network:

SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "SFA Star Chart 1 - Northern Region"— Presentation transcript:

Similar presentations

About project

Feedback