All About Space - UK (2020-02)

The Northern

Hemisphere

Leo(theLion)takesprideofplaceinthenightsky,cuttinga regalfigureas
its leading star – hot, blue Regulus – shines at magnitude 1.36, an unmissable
sight. Galaxies are also in abundance here – from the spiral arms of Messier
95 to the featureless, yet prominent form of Messier 105 – as well as a
selection of binary stars, including Rho Leonis.
Leo is bordered by Cancer, Coma Berenices, Crater, Hydra, Leo Minor,
Lynx, Sextans, Ursa Major and Virgo, the latter of which also offers a
selection of galaxies to be enjoyed. If your interests lie in tracking down
nebulae and star clusters, head over to the Great Bear for the Owl Nebula,
or seek out the Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe, in the Crab.

Using the sky chart

This chart is for use at 22:00 (GMT)

mid-month and is set for 52° latitude.

Hold the chart above your

head with the bottom of the

page in front of you.

Face south and notice

that north on the chart

isbehind you.

The constellations on the chart

should now match what you

seeinthesky.

01

02

03

Sirius(-1.4)

-0.5 to 0.0

0.0 to 0.5

0.5 to 1.0

1.0 to 1.5

1.5 to 2.0

2.0 to 2.5

2.5 to 3.0

3.0 to 3.5

3.5 to 4.0

4.0 to 4.5

Fa in te r

Variable star

Magnitudes

O-B

A

F

G

K

M

Openstarclusters

Globular starclusters

Brightdiffusenebulae

Planetarynebulae

Deep-sky objects

Galaxies

Observer’snote:

Thenightskyasitappears

on 17 March 2020 at

approximately22:00(GMT)

NE

EAST

SE

ECLIPTIC

AN

VENATICICANES

BERENICESCOMA

BOREALISCORONA

COR

VUS

CRATER

CYGNUS

DRACO

ERCULESH

HY

MINL

LY R A

CAPUTSERPENS

SEXTAN

URSA

VIRGO

Arcturus

enebD

Regul

Vega

Spica

BOOTES

M106

M104

M51

M3

M101

M5

M13

M92

M57

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Spectral types

STARGAZER

Orion fades to the southwest while Leo

climbs from the east