The Evening Sky for November, 2012

NORTH
Early November 9 p.m.
Mid November 8 p.m.
Big Dipper
Late November 7 p.m. URSA MAJOR

Pointe
rs

M101

BOTES

M81
LYNX M82

Castor
CORONA
DRACO BOREALIS
URSA
W
int

MINOR
er

2281
He

16,17
xa

Little Dipper M13

GEMINI
go
n

Polaris

AURIGA CAMELOPARDALIS 6543
M92

Keystone
M M37
I
L
M35
K M36 Capella HERCULES
Y
M38
W
A CEPHEUS
Y Vega
Double
Cluster M103 M52 Double-Double
M1 LYRA
457

M57
Betelgeuse PERSEUS 7789
Deneb
Algol 7243 CYGNUS
Jupiter M34 CASSIOPEIA M39
M56 OPHIUCHUS

7000
M29 6871
M31 I.4665
Aldebaran TRIANGULUM
61 Albireo

WEST
EAST

M110
E

M45
C

752
M32 LACERTA Su VULPECULA
L

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PEGASUS M15 DELPHINUS
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EQ
UA PISCES
TO M11
R

M
EQUULEUS

I
AQUILA M26

L
K
Uranus TX
Mira

Y
M2

W
A
Neptune

ERIDANUS S
AQUARIUS
IU
AR
TT

CETUS
GI

7293
SA

M30
253
FORNAX CAPRICORNUS
Fomalhaut
SCULPTOR
PISCIS AUSTRINUS MICROSCOPIUM

55
O
N
20
00
Star magnitudes
RI

Moon PHOENIX W
IL
TI

Phases GRUS
1 0 1 2 3 4 5
LAST
Nov. 7
SOUTH Double star

NEW
How To Use This Chart
Variable star
This chart depicts the evening sky for the times indicated above. The edge represents the horizon; the
Nov. 13
charts center is the point overhead. Hold a printout of the chart out in front of you so the horizon marked Open cluster

FIRST
with the direction youre facing is down. Then match the stars on the map with the real stars in the sky.
Globular cluster
The chart shows the sky as seen from 40 north latitude. When viewing from a lower latitude, stars
Nov. 20
in the southern sky will appear higher above the horizon while those in the northern sky will be lower. Diffuse nebula
FULL
When viewing from a latitude higher than 40, the opposite will be true.
Planetary nebula

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