A red hyper giant, allowing us to see it well despite its 2,800 light-year distance. Below is the current view of the sky (day & night) as seen from Southeastern Wisconsin from the Heavens Above website. This remarkable star is well worth a look in backyard telescopes where its extremely red color stands out in contrast to the surrounding stars. July Night Sky Map Sky map produced using Chris Marriotts Skymap Pro. The Garnet Star otherwise known as Erakis or Mu Cephei, is a 4th-magnitude naked-eye star located just 1.5 degrees outside of the southern edge of box-shaped Cepheus. Click here or on map below to enlarge (PDF). A star wheel is a map of the sky which can be rotated to match the season and time of night. The hat shown is the night sky the moment my daughter was born. We chart that moment in space and hand embroider each element (planet, constellations, stars, moon and the ecliptic plane) onto your hat with a special number of stars.
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I have been watching this for 2 days.ITs GONNA HAPPEN I feel like it is Christmas Morning. At the beginning of our astronomy study we learned about brightness ratings of stars, right ascension and declination - the latitude and longitude of the sky, speed of light, and how to use our star wheels. The alignment of the stars, planets and moon at a specific time and place is immortal. Last Quarter Moon occurs on September 17, at 2:53 PM PDT, 2053 hrs. Clear Sky Chart says tonight will be a 5/5 Seeing Night - posted in Classic Telescopes: WOW what a great day to have this, Here In the Upper Midwest Iowa/Minnesota border anything above average seeing is rare indeed. U.T.įull Moon occurs on September 10, at 3:00 AM PDT, 0900 hrs.
New Moon occurs occurs on August 27, at 1:18 AM P.D.T, 08:18 hrs U.T.įirst Quarter Moon occurs on September 3, at 11:08 AM PDT, 1708 hrs. The camera was pointing toward Saturns moon Enceladus at approximately 69,475 miles (111,809 kilometers) away. This raw image from NASAs Cassini spacecraft was taken on March 27, 2012. Uranus - is visible in the early pre-dawn hours. Sky Chart Published: ApArtist’s version of a star chart, complete with arrows to help locate Saturn.