Western Horizon
Eastern Horizon
As the show in spring, in the southern hemisphere is seen East and North, the views, West, tend to be of a lesser interest. As the last stars of Scorpion, the Scorpion are reaching the horizon and that Sagittarius, the Archer, is much low, and the same, more northeast, for Aquila, the Eagle, the row above, is providing with some southern constellations like Pavo, the Peacok, Indus, the Indian, or Microscopium, the Microscope. The three bright stars in the region are Peacok, Alnair -of Grus, the Crane- and Fomalhaut, of Piscus Austrinis, the Southern Fish. Capricornus, the Goat, is due West, as Aquarius, the Water Bearer is above. The little Equuleus, the Little Horse, and parts of Pegasus, the Winged Horse, are northwest. South, on the other hand, absolutely don't miss, provided you have a completely plain horizon, the rare and remarkable show of the Milky Way-embedded, typically southern constellations, just lying on the horizon! to a printer-friendly chart
West for the tropics. West for the mid-northern latitudes
East, the whole southeastern parts of the sky are showing other typically southern constellations, like Hydrus, the Water Serpent, right of the bright Achernar, Horologium, the Clock or, a row below, Caelum, the Chisel and Pictor, the Easel. The bright star, in the region, is Canopus as Columba, the Dove, is a fine show too. Both the Small and the large Magellanic Clouds are seen too, about their best. Reticulum, the Reticle, Mensa, the Table and Dorado, the Swordfish are observable too. A remarkable show, further, is seen East, with Orion, the Hunter rising, as Eridanus, the River Eridanus is taking its source to Rigel, and meandering a long way to Achernar, high! A fine view! Cetus, high, is anchoring to the first bent of the celestial river. Aldebaran, of Taurus, the Bull, is seen northeast, with the V-shaped Hyades and the tiny Pleiades. Aries, the Ram, and Triangulum, the Triangle are seen too. North, at last, the spring sky, is providing you with other fine views. The Great Square of Pegasus is still well seen, that large square of four stars, as the line of Andromeda, Andromeda, is about its best. The faint chain of Pisces, the Fishes is running in the sky, with the Circlet above the Great Square of Pegasus. Fine views. Andromeda, further, is, of course, the location for the famed M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. It's now at its best. The Andromeda Galaxy is a large, spiral galaxy, which gives us a view of how our own Milkay Way Galaxy would look, could we see it from the outside. M31, on the chart, is the grey oval. It's, at the 4.8th magnitude, a fine binocular object. To find the Andromeda Galaxy, just start at the first bright star found on the line of Andromeda, starting at the Great Square of Pegasus. Then head to the lower left, to a fainter star. Then, in the same direction, to a fainter one still. The Andromeda Galaxy is barely beyond! to a printer-friendly chart
East for the tropics. East for the mid-northern latitudes
(color maps with Stellarium; printer-friendly charts with Cartes du Ciel, Patrick Chevalley)
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