Sky Maps

[tfwthom]

Following a link from the Night Sky Network home page I found this Sky Maps thought I'd pass it along.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[toothferry]

nice.. thanks. What's the trick to reading these sky maps? are the inverted or something?

 

[tfwthom]

Magic key for using a star chart:<br /><br />You hold the all-sky map overhead and orient it so a direction label matches the direction you're facing. Do your arms tire easily? You also can hold the map in front of you, as if it were a car's steering wheel. Turn it so the direction label corresponding to whichever horizon you're facing is at the bottom. <br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[toothferry]

Thanks! I believe your advice is going to make things a lot easier for me. <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" />