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Chamaeleon Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Chamaeleon with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Chamaeleon is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Carina, Volans, Mensa, Octans, Apus and Musca.
Chamaeleon lies close to the south celestial pole and this the whole of the constellation is visible from the whole southern hemisphere at some point in the year. All or part of the constellation can be seen from equatorial regions of the northern hemisphere. The whole constellation is circumpolar for all but the most equatorial regions of the southern hemisphere. Chamaeleon is best viewed in the evenings in the northern hemisphere spring and southern hemisphere autumn.
This diagram maps an area around the south celestial pole. Here lines of constant right ascension converge. The right ascension values of these lines are marked on the x-axis above and below the diagram. The solid circle around the pole marks a line of -80° declination with the larger, incomplete circles above it marking -70° and -60° declination respectively. 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) , South Celestial Pole (SCP)
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Naked Eye Astronomy
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Pyxis Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Pyxis with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Pyxis is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Hydra, Puppis, Vela and Antilia.
Pyxis is a southern constellation and thus the whole constellation is visible at some point in the year throughout the southern hemisphere. The whole constellation is also visible in equatorial and some temperate regions of the northern hemisphere with parts of the constellation visible to the remaining temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
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 , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Columba Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Columba with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Columba is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Lepus, Caelum, Pictor, Puppis and Canis Major.
Columba is a southern constellation and thus is visible to the whole southern hemisphere at some point in the year. The whole constellation is also visible from equatorial and some temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
The globular cluster NGC 1851 lies in Columba and is marked here with a yellow circle with a plus sign superimposed on it.
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 , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Corona Borealis Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Corona Borealis with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Corona Borealis is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Boötes, Serpens Caput and Hercules.
Corona Borealis is a northern constellation and thus the constellation is visible from the whole northern hemisphere at some point in the year. It whole constellation is also visible from equatorial and most temperate regions of the southern hemisphere. The constellation is best viewed in the evening in the northern hemisphere summer and southern hemisphere winter.
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 , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Grus Constellation Map
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Caption: The constellation Grus with its bright stars and surrounding constellations. Grus is surrounded by (going clockwise from the top): Piscis Austrinus, Microscopium, Indus, Tucana, Phoenix and Sculptor.
Grus is a southern constellation and thus the whole constellation is visible at some point in the year from the whole southern hemisphere at some point in the year. The whole constellation is also visible from equatorial and some temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Grus is best viewed in the evening 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 , Constellation , Declination , Right Ascension (RA)
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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