![]() Pick a comfortable spot either on a rug or a deck chair that you can lay back in. Remember that the Sun rises in the east, moves through the northern sky during the day and sets in the west or a small compass will also point you in the right direction. ![]() ![]() My name is Melissa Hulbert and I’m an Astronomy Programs Coordinator at Sydney Observatory.īefore we start our night sky tour, make sure you download the May sky chart.Īrmed with your sky map and a small torch with some red cellophane covering it, find a nice dark place away from the glare of the street lights and make sure you know your cardinal directions – north, south, east and west. Hello and welcome to the night sky guide for May. To view PDF star charts you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader if it’s not on your computer already. We provide a May 2016 night sky chart (PDF) which shows the stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky from anywhere in Australia. In the May sky guide, as well as showing us where to find the constellations Orion, Scorpius, Centaurus and Crux, and the star clusters, the Jewel Box, M6 and M7, Melissa tells us the best times to see the planets Jupiter, Mars and Saturn and the best time to see the Eta-Aquarid meteor shower. This month’s guide is presented by Melissa Hulbert, Sydney Observatory’s Astronomy Programs Coordinator. To help you learn about the southern night sky, Sydney Observatory provides a guide and a sky map or chart each month.
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