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54 SEPTEMBER THE SKY GUIDE

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

IN SEPTEMBER

WHEN TO USE THIS CHART
KEY TO
STAR CHARTS 1 SEP AT 01:00 BST
15 SEP AT 00:00 BST
Arcturus STAR NAME 30 SEP AT 23:00 BST NORTHEAST
PERSEUS CONSTELLATION On other dates, stars will be in slightly different places ` b
NAME due to Earth’s orbital motion. Stars that cross the sky Alpha Aquariids
GALAXY will set in the west four minutes earlier each night. M35 Peak 1 Sep AURIGA
OPEN CLUSTER
HOW TO USE THIS CHART M37 M36 M38
GLOBULAR _
CLUSTER ` UV Capella
PLANETARY
NEBULA
DIFFUSE TAURUS
NEBULOSITY b Mirphak
DOUBLE STAR PERSEUS _
VARIABLE STAR Aldebaran

THE MOON, _ Algol
SHOWING PHASE 1. HOLD THE CHART so the direction you’re facing b `
is at the bottom. Hyades Pleiades M34
2. THE LOWER HALF of the chart shows the sky a
COMET TRACK
ahead of you. M45
3. THE CENTRE OF THE CHART is the point
ASTEROID directly over your head. Deep-sky tour, p62 TRIANGULUM `
a
TRACK
SUNRISE/SUNSET IN SEPTEMBER* Alpha Triangulids
STAR-HOPPING EAST Peak 11/12 Sep
PATH DATE SUNRISE SUNSET 10th ARIES
1 Sep 2017 06:19 BST 19:59 BST _
METEOR 11 Sep 2017 06:36 BST 19:35 BST _ Hamal
RADIANT
21 Sep 2017 06:54 BST 19:10 BST
Circlet ASTERISM 1 Oct 2017 07:11 BST 18:46 BST _ a `

MOONRISE IN SEPTEMBER*
a Ecliptic

PLANET MOONRISE TIMES
Menkar
1 Sep 2017, 17:26 BST 17 Sep 2017, 03:04 BST Uranus
b
QUASAR 5 Sep 2017, 19:42 BST 21 Sep 2017, 08:03 BST PISCES
9 Sep 2017, 21:20 BST 25 Sep 2017, 12:34 BST _
STAR BRIGHTNESS: 13 Sep 2017, 23:48 BST 29 Sep 2017, 16:04 BST k
MAG. 0 *Times correct for the centre of the UK Mira
& BRIGHTER
MAG. +1 LUNAR PHASES IN SEPTEMBER
MAG. +2 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
1 2 3 CETUS
MAG. +3
MAG. +4
& FAINTER 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5º N SOUTHEAST
W COMPASS AND
E FIELD OF VIEW FULL MOON
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
`
S MILKY WAY 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Deneb Kaitos
CHART: PETE LAWRENCE 25 26 27 28 29 30

NEW MOON

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