THE SOLAR SYSTEM

CONSTELLATIONS
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January 6-12, 2010
January 13-25, 2010
ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
THE SUN
SOLAR FEATURES
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EARTH
Earth's Moon
ECLIPSES
TIDES
SEASONS
MERCURY
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URANUS
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LUNAR & PLANETARY PHASES
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ASTEROIDS
MAIN ASTEROID BELT
METEORS & METEORITES
AURORAS & MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
KEPLER
NEWTON
PLANETARY MOTIONS
EFFECTS OF PLANETS & SATTELITES ON EACH OTHER
CHARACTERISTCS OF TERRESTRIAL AND GIANT PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES
GEOLOGIC ACTIVITIES OF PLANET AND SATELLITES
CONSTELLATIONS

 

This map shows the constellations seen in the south around midnight.  The brilliant constellation of Orion is seen in the south. Moving up and to the right - following the line of the three stars of Orion's belt - brings one to Taurus; the head of the bull being outlined by the V-shaped cluster called the Hyades with its eye delineated by the orange red star Aldebaran. Further up to the right lies the Pleaides Cluster. Towards the zenith from Taurus lies the constellation Auriga, whose brightest star Capella will be nearly overhead. To the upper left of Orion lie the heavenly twins, or Gemini , their heads indicated by the two bright stars Castor and Pollux. Down to the lower left of Orion lies the brightest star in the northern sky, Sirius, in the consteallation Canis Major. Finally, up and to the left of Sirius is Procyon in Canis Minor. There is also information about the constellation Ursa Major, seen in the north,in the constellation details below.