Latitude 30 o south 9–10PM (DST)

How to use this mapFacing either south or north, look at the appropriate star map. Your view of the sky should roughly match the major stars andconstellations shown. You’ll see more stars as your eyes get accustomed to the dark, so wait for 10-15 minutes if you’re having trouble spotting the constellations. (For full sky maps go to skymaps.com).

Copyright 2010 Kym Thalassoudis, Skymaps.com

December Sky MapT

HE

EC

LIP

TICCRUX

RETICULUM TUCANA

INDUS

SCULPTOR

ARA

CAPRICORNUS

PISCISAUSTRINUS

FORNAX

MICROSCOPIUM

PAVO

GRUS

SAGITTARIUS

CORONAAUSTRALIS

TELESCOPIUMCIRCINUS

TRIANGULUMAUSTRALE

APUSCHAMAELEON

CARINA

VOLANS

OCTANS

CENTAURUS

MUSCA

PICTOR

PYXIS

CANISMAJOR

MONOCEROS

LEPUS

COLUMBA

VELA

PUPPIS

HYDRUS

ERIDANUS

CAELUM

DORADO

MENSA

PHOENIXHOROLOGIUM

6397

SiriusM41

Canopus

2516

2808

3114

3293

IC 2602

3372

3532

β αCoalsack

4755

LMC

Achernar

γ

M50 κ6752

ζFomalhaut

L2

M47M46

2451

2477

6025

47 Tuc

β

SMC

2547

IC 2391

α

R

SCP

T H E M I L K Y WAY

T H E E C L I P T I C

ORION

TRIANGULUM

ANDROMEDAPEGASUS

Great Squareof Pegasus

AURIGA

TAURUS

ARIES

PISCESCirclet

CETUS

PERSEUS

LACERTADELPHINUS

EQUULEUS

AQUARIUS

CANISMINOR

GEMINI

MONOCEROS

LEPUS

ERIDANUS

M31

M2

Capella

M38 M36M37

Procyon

Mira

M35

2232

2244

Rigel

Cr 69

M42

Betelgeuse

M15

Double Cluster

Algol

253

Pleiades

Hyades Aldebaran

Hamal

Enif

T H E M I L K Y WAY

–101234

StarMagnitudes Galaxy

Double starVariable starDiffuse nebulaPlanetary nebulaOpen star clusterGlobular star cluster

Symbols

SOUTHLOOKING SOUTH

NORTHWEST EAST

OVERHEAD

EAST WEST

LOOKING NORTH