2019 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

226 Pages·2018·27.58 MB·English

by  Storm Dunlop

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Edition © Sep 2018
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
The Constellations
The Southern Circumpolar Constellations
Comets and the Moon
Map of the Moon
Introduction to the Month-by-Month Guide
Month-by-Month Guide
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Glossary and Tables
Acknowledgements
Further Information
About the Publisher
Time Zones The times of events in this book
are given in Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), here abbreviated to Universal Time
(UT). This time is equivalent to the time on
the Greenwich meridian (GMT), and is used
by astronomers around the world so that
observations may be compared easily, without
having to convert from local (zone) times.
Universal Time is always given on a 24-hour
clock (sometimes known as ‘military time’ or
‘Zulu’, ‘Z’). In many countries times are
generally given as a.m. or p.m. and such times
are shown on the charts showing the
appearance of the sky for each month. Giving
the times of individual events as a.m. or p.m.
would be complex and confusing, so those
times may need to be converted from UT.
Australia
Australian time zones are shown on this map. There are three: Australian
Western Standard Time (AWST); Australian Central Standard Time (ACST);
and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Some individual states (Western
Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland) do not use daylight saving time
(DST) during the summer months. To obtain local (zone) time from Universal
Time (UT), add the hours shown in this table. If the result is greater than 24,
subtract 24 hours. If the initial or subsequent result is less than 12:00, the zone
time is a.m.; if greater, subtract 12 hours to get the time p.m. The dates when
Daylight Saving Time begins and ends are shown on the individual calendars
inside the book. At the time of writing, it is introduced on the first Sunday of
October and ends on the first Sunday in April.