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March 2016
STAR BRIGHTNESS
Zero or brighter
st
STAR BRIGHTNESS
1 magnitude
nd
Zero or brighter
2
st
rd
1 magnitude
3
2nd
4th
3rd
Leo (the Lion)
4th
First Quarter
Moon on 16th
Jupiter
CANIS MINOR
STAR BRIGHTNESS
Zero or brighter
P
st
1 magnitude
nd
2
3rd
4th
SEXTANS
JUPITER
ORIONS BELT
HYDRA
Canis Major
(the Great Dog)
Sirius
CORVUS
FALSE CROSS
Canopus
Eta Carina
SOUTHERN CROSS
ERIDANUS
Gamma Crucis
Beta Crucis
POINTERS
CHART KEY
Bright star
Faint star
Ecliptic
Milky Way
Celestial Equator
P Planet
LMC or Large Magellanic Cloud
SMC or Small Magellanic Cloud
MOON PHASE
Last quarter
New Moon
First quarter
Full Moon
02nd
09nd
16th
23rd
THE CHART
Sydney Observatory is part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. The Sydney Observatory night sky map was created by Dr M. Anderson using the TheSky
software. This months edition was prepared by B.Dew & Dr R Chhetri. 2016 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.