SKY CHART ANDVIEWING GUIDE

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Charles Hayden PlanetariumM U S E U M O F S C I E N C E , B O S T O N

The Boston night sky as it appears at:

This map is set for latitude 42°north, butmay beused inmost ofthe USA

This chart shows the principalconstellations and star groups

visible from the city. Faraway from the city,

you'll see manymore stars,

except onmoonlitnights.

Tousechart,holdoverheadand line up“N” with truenorth. Objectsnear the center areoverhead; those nearthe edge are low in the sky.

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January 2013

Planet positions at mid-month.

Dim Mars sets early. Jupiter sets

by 4 am. Saturn rises after midnight, then Venus shines in morning twilight.

Jan. 1, 9 pm ESTJan. 16, 8 pm Jan. 31, 7 pm

See Jupiter and 4 of its moons (the ones Galileo saw in 1610) lurking almost directly behind Earth’s moon.

Jan. 21 Moons oftwo planets!

Last quarterJan. 4

First quarterJan. 18

Full moonJan. 26

New moonJan. 11

JUPITERJUPITER

Jan. 10 Moon meets VenusThe brightest planet passes near the fingernail-thin Moon low in morning twilight.

11:30 pm

In smalltelescope

Look southeast, 6:30 am

Polaris(North Star)

Deneb

Capella

Aldebaran

Rigel

Betelgeuse

ProcyonSirius

Pollux

Regulus

Castor

The Pleiades

BIG DIPPERBIG DIPPER

GR

EAT

SQU

AR

EG

REA

TSQ

UA

RE

CYGNUSCASSIOPEIA

AU

RIG

A

LEO

GE

MIN

I

CANIS

MINO

R

CANISMAJOR

TAURUS

ORION

AN

DR

OM

ED

A

URSA MAJOR

PE

GA

SU

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