July 2010 night sky guide and podcast
To help you learn about the southern night sky, Sydney Observatory provides a monthly audio guide/podcast, transcript of that audio, and a sky map or chart (links below). This month’s audio sky guide is presented by Dr Nick Lomb, Sydney Observatory’s Curator of Astronomy until the end of 2009. You can listen online, or download the audio onto your ipod or mp3 player.
The free monthly night sky map PDF (below) shows the stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky from anywhere in Australia. To view PDF star charts you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader if it’s not on your computer already.
July 2010 night sky mapFor a year’s night sky maps and much more information, you can buy ‘The Australian sky guide’ book by Dr Nick Lomb at Sydney Observatory, Powerhouse Museum, good bookshops or through Powerhouse Publishing.
Read the transcript of the audio podcast. Hear the audio podcast:
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Brenty on July 17th, 2010
How come there is no rising times for planets on this site? As a layman with a small scope, it is almost impossible to find any charts on the times that the planets rise.
Nick Lomb on July 17th, 2010
Hello Brenty. I am unsure but you can find the planet rise and times together with much else in the inexpensive 2010 Australian Sky Guide Guide.
jane on July 23rd, 2010
very enjoyable thanks Nick for openning up the universe to me very easy to follow