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Reticulum Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Reticulum with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Reticulum is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Horologium, Hydrus and Dorado.
Reticulum is a southern constellation and thus the whole constellation are visible at some point in the year throughout the southern hemisphere. The whole constellation is also visible to most equatorial regions of the northern hemisphere, with parts of the constellation visible to the remaining equatorial and some temperate northern regions. Reticulum is circumpolar for all antarctic and most temperate regions of the southern hemisphere. The constellation is best viewed in the evening in the northern hemisphere winter and southern hemisphere summer.
The y-axis of this diagram is in degrees of declination with north as up and the x-axis is in hours of right ascension with east to the left. The sizes of the stars marked here relate to the star's apparent magnitude, a measure of its apparent brightness. The larger dots represent brighter stars. The Greek letters mark the brightest stars in the constellation. These are ranked by brightness with the brightest star being labeled alpha, the second brightest beta, etc., although this ordering is not always followed exactly. The dotted boundary lines mark the IAU's boundaries of the constellations and the solid green lines mark one of the common forms used to represent the figures of the constellations. Neither the constellation boundaries, nor the lines joining the stars appear on the sky.
Credit: Adapted by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education from the original by the IAU and Sky & Telescope
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Glossary Terms:
Apparent Magnitude , Celestial Coordinates , Circumpolar Stars , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Indus Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Indus with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Indus is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Microcopium, Sagittarius, Telescopium, Pavo, Octans, Tucana and Grus.
Indus lies near the south celestial pole and thus the whole constellation is visible at some point in the year throughout the southern hemisphere. The whole constellation is also visible to a thin strip of the northern hemisphere near the equator with remaining northern equatorial regions able to see parts of the constellation. Indus is circumpolar for temperate and antarctic regions of the southern hemisphere. Indus is best viewed in the evenings in the northern hemisphere autumn and southern hemisphere spring.
The y-axis of this diagram is in degrees of declination with north as up and the x-axis is in hours of right ascension with east to the left. The sizes of the stars marked here relate to the star's apparent magnitude, a measure of its apparent brightness. The larger dots represent brighter stars. The Greek letters mark the brightest stars in the constellation. These are ranked by brightness with the brightest star being labeled alpha, the second brightest beta, etc., although this ordering is not always followed exactly. The dotted boundary lines mark the IAU's boundaries of the constellations and the solid green lines mark one of the common forms used to represent the figures of the constellations. Neither the constellation boundaries, nor the lines joining the stars appear on the sky.
Credit: Adapted by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education from the original by the IAU and Sky & Telescope
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Glossary Terms:
Apparent Magnitude , Celestial Coordinates , Circumpolar Stars , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Circinus Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Circinus with its brighter stars and surrounding constellations. Circinus is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Lupus, Centaurus, Musca, Apus, Triangulum Australe and Norma. Circinus is a relatively small constellation with few bright stars.
Circinus is a southern constellation and is thus the whole constellation is visible from the whole southern hemisphere at some point in the year. The whole constellation can also be seen from some equatorial regions of the northern hemisphere with parts of the constellation visible from the remaining equatorial regions and some northern hemisphere temperate locations. The constellation is circumpolar for all antarctic and some southern hemisphere temperate regions. Circinus is best viewed in the evening in the northern hemisphere summer and southern hemisphere winter.
The open cluster NGC 5823 lies in Circinus and is marked here with a yellow circle.
The y-axis of this diagram is in degrees of declination with north as up and the x-axis is in hours of right ascension with east to the left. The sizes of the stars marked here relate to the star's apparent magnitude, a measure of its apparent brightness. The larger dots represent brighter stars. The Greek letters mark the brightest stars in the constellation. These are ranked by brightness with the brightest star being labeled alpha, the second brightest beta, etc., although this ordering is not always followed exactly. The dotted boundary lines mark the IAU's boundaries of the constellations and the solid green lines mark one of the common forms used to represent the figures of the constellations. Neither the constellation boundaries, nor the lines joining the stars appear on the sky.
Credit: Adapted by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education from the original by the IAU and Sky & Telescope
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Glossary Terms:
Apparent Magnitude , Celestial Coordinates , Circumpolar Stars , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Lacerta Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Lacerta with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Lacerta is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Cepheus, Cygnus, Pegasus, Andromeda and Cassiopeia.
Lacerta is a northern constellation and thus the whole constellation is visible at some point in the year throughout the northern hemisphere. The whole constellation is also visible from equatorial regions of the southern hemisphere with parts of the constellation visible from temperate southern regions. The whole constellation is circumpolar from arctic regions. Lacerta is best viewed in the evenings in the northern hemisphere autumn and southern hemisphere spring.
The open cluster NGC 7243 lies in Lacerta, it is marked here with a yellow circle.
The y-axis of this diagram is in degrees of declination with north as up and the x-axis is in hours of right ascension with east to the left. The sizes of the stars marked here relate to the star's apparent magnitude, a measure of its apparent brightness. The larger dots represent brighter stars. The Greek letters mark the brightest stars in the constellation. These are ranked by brightness with the brightest star being labeled alpha, the second brightest beta, etc., although this ordering is not always followed exactly. The dotted boundary lines mark the IAU's boundaries of the constellations and the solid green lines mark one of the common forms used to represent the figures of the constellations. Neither the constellation boundaries, nor the lines joining the stars appear on the sky.
Credit: Adapted by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education from the original by the IAU and Sky & Telescope
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Glossary Terms:
Apparent Magnitude , Celestial Coordinates , Circumpolar Stars , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA) , Open Cluster
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Leo Minor Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Leo Minor with its brighter stars and surrounding constellations. Leo Minor is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Ursa Major, Lynx, Cancer and Leo. Leo Minor is a small constellation with relatively few bright stars. It is a separate constellation from and should not be confused with its larger neighbour Leo.
Leo Minor is a northern constellation and thus the whole constellation is visible at some point in the year throughout the northern hemisphere. The whole constellation is also visible from equatorial and temperate regions of the southern hemisphere. Leo Minor is circumpolar in arctic regions. This constellation is best viewed in the northern hemisphere spring and southern hemisphere autumn.
The y-axis of this diagram is in degrees of declination with north as up and the x-axis is in hours of right ascension with east to the left. The sizes of the stars marked here relate to the star's apparent magnitude, a measure of its apparent brightness. The larger dots represent brighter stars. The Greek letters mark the brightest stars in the constellation. These are ranked by brightness with the brightest star being labeled alpha, the second brightest beta, etc., although this ordering is not always followed exactly. The dotted boundary lines mark the IAU's boundaries of the constellations and the solid green lines mark one of the common forms used to represent the figures of the constellations. Neither the constellation boundaries, nor the lines joining the stars appear on the sky. The blue line in the bottom right marks the ecliptic.
Credit: Adapted by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education from the original by the IAU and Sky & Telescope
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Glossary Terms:
Apparent Magnitude , Celestial Coordinates , Circumpolar Stars , Constellation , Declination , Ecliptic , Leo , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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