{"id":931,"date":"2017-08-08T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/back-matter\/a-13-star-chart-and-sky-event-resources\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T17:14:08","slug":"a-13-star-chart-and-sky-event-resources","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/back-matter\/a-13-star-chart-and-sky-event-resources\/","title":{"raw":"A.13 Star Chart and Sky Event Resources","rendered":"A.13 Star Chart and Sky Event Resources"},"content":{"raw":"<p id=\"fs-id1172467025586\">To obtain graphic charts of the sky over your head tonight, there are a number of free online resources.<\/p>\n\n<ul id=\"fs-id1172466833976\"><li>One of the easiest is at the Skymaps website: http:\/\/www.skymaps.com\/downloads.html. Here you can print out a free PDF version of the northern sky (for roughly latitude 40\u00b0, which is reasonable for much of the United States). Maps of the sky from the equator and the southern hemisphere can also be printed.<\/li>\n \t<li>Sky charts and other summaries of astronomical information can also be found at http:\/\/www.heavens-above.com\/.<\/li>\n \t<li>A free, open-source computer application that shows the sky at any time from any place is called Stellarium. You can find it at http:\/\/www.stellarium.org\/.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/contents\/5828cbfc-03c0-436c-8efe-264a5de96b94\" class=\"target-chapter\">Appendix B<\/a> provides a section of information for finding astronomy apps for cell phones and tablets. Many of these also provide star charts. If you have a smartphone, you can find a variety of inexpensive apps that allow you to simply hold your phone upward to see what is in the sky behind your phone.<\/li>\n \t<li>A <em>planisphere<\/em> is a sky chart that turns inside a round frame and can show you the night sky at your latitude on any date and time of the year. You can buy them at science supply and telescope stores or online. Or you can construct your own from templates at these websites:\n<ul id=\"fs-id1172466978541\"><li>Dennis Schatz\u2019s AstroAdventures Star Finder: <a href=\"http:\/\/dennisschatz.org\/activities\/Star%20Finder.pdf\">http:\/\/dennisschatz.org\/activities\/Star%20Finder.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Uncle Al\u2019s Star Wheel in English and Japanese. \u00a0 Latitude 60 degrees available in Icelandic. \u00a0Souther wheels available in Spanish and Portuguese. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrencehallofscience.org\/do_science_now\/science_apps_and_activities\/starwheels\">http:\/\/www.lawrencehallofscience.org\/do_science_now\/science_apps_and_activities\/starwheels<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>RASC Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in French and English for latitude 45 degrees: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-finder.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.star-finder.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul><section id=\"fs-id1172466971977\"><h1>Calendars of Night Sky Events<\/h1>\n<p id=\"fs-id1172467036967\">The following resources offer calendars of night sky events.<\/p>\n\n<ul id=\"fs-id1172466999666\"><li>Sea and Sky: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seasky.org\/astronomy\/astronomy.html\">http:\/\/www.seasky.org\/astronomy\/astronomy.html<\/a> (click on the fourth menu button)<\/li>\n \t<li><em>Sky &amp; Telescope\u2019s<\/em> This Week\u2019s Sky at a Glance: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/sky-at-a-glance\/\">http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/sky-at-a-glance\/<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><em>Astronomy<\/em> Magazine\u2019s The Sky This Week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/observing\/sky-this-week\">http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/observing\/sky-this-week<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>NASA Sky Cal: http:\/\/eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov\/SKYCAL\/SKYCAL.html<\/li>\n \t<li>Night Sky Network Sky Planner: <a href=\"https:\/\/nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov\/planner.cfm\">https:\/\/nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov\/planner.cfm<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Sky News is a Canadian magazine owned by RASC, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skynews.ca\/this-weeks-sky\/\">http:\/\/www.skynews.ca\/this-weeks-sky\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/section>","rendered":"<p id=\"fs-id1172467025586\">To obtain graphic charts of the sky over your head tonight, there are a number of free online resources.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"fs-id1172466833976\">\n<li>One of the easiest is at the Skymaps website: http:\/\/www.skymaps.com\/downloads.html. Here you can print out a free PDF version of the northern sky (for roughly latitude 40\u00b0, which is reasonable for much of the United States). Maps of the sky from the equator and the southern hemisphere can also be printed.<\/li>\n<li>Sky charts and other summaries of astronomical information can also be found at http:\/\/www.heavens-above.com\/.<\/li>\n<li>A free, open-source computer application that shows the sky at any time from any place is called Stellarium. You can find it at http:\/\/www.stellarium.org\/.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/contents\/5828cbfc-03c0-436c-8efe-264a5de96b94\" class=\"target-chapter\">Appendix B<\/a> provides a section of information for finding astronomy apps for cell phones and tablets. Many of these also provide star charts. If you have a smartphone, you can find a variety of inexpensive apps that allow you to simply hold your phone upward to see what is in the sky behind your phone.<\/li>\n<li>A <em>planisphere<\/em> is a sky chart that turns inside a round frame and can show you the night sky at your latitude on any date and time of the year. You can buy them at science supply and telescope stores or online. Or you can construct your own from templates at these websites:\n<ul id=\"fs-id1172466978541\">\n<li>Dennis Schatz\u2019s AstroAdventures Star Finder: <a href=\"http:\/\/dennisschatz.org\/activities\/Star%20Finder.pdf\">http:\/\/dennisschatz.org\/activities\/Star%20Finder.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Uncle Al\u2019s Star Wheel in English and Japanese. \u00a0 Latitude 60 degrees available in Icelandic. \u00a0Souther wheels available in Spanish and Portuguese. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrencehallofscience.org\/do_science_now\/science_apps_and_activities\/starwheels\">http:\/\/www.lawrencehallofscience.org\/do_science_now\/science_apps_and_activities\/starwheels<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RASC Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in French and English for latitude 45 degrees: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-finder.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.star-finder.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section id=\"fs-id1172466971977\">\n<h1>Calendars of Night Sky Events<\/h1>\n<p id=\"fs-id1172467036967\">The following resources offer calendars of night sky events.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"fs-id1172466999666\">\n<li>Sea and Sky: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seasky.org\/astronomy\/astronomy.html\">http:\/\/www.seasky.org\/astronomy\/astronomy.html<\/a> (click on the fourth menu button)<\/li>\n<li><em>Sky &amp; Telescope\u2019s<\/em> This Week\u2019s Sky at a Glance: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/sky-at-a-glance\/\">http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/sky-at-a-glance\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Astronomy<\/em> Magazine\u2019s The Sky This Week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/observing\/sky-this-week\">http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/observing\/sky-this-week<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NASA Sky Cal: http:\/\/eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov\/SKYCAL\/SKYCAL.html<\/li>\n<li>Night Sky Network Sky Planner: <a href=\"https:\/\/nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov\/planner.cfm\">https:\/\/nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov\/planner.cfm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sky News is a Canadian magazine owned by RASC, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skynews.ca\/this-weeks-sky\/\">http:\/\/www.skynews.ca\/this-weeks-sky\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"menu_order":13,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"back-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-931","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/931\/revisions"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/931\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/astronomy1105\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}