Learn to find objects in the sky
| Below, you can learn to find the brightest objects
in the sky (double stars, nebulae, star clusters, galaxies). Just click on the constellations to do some practising. JavaScript has to be activated in
your browser. If you are not familiar with the constellations, you can get to know some of them with the pdf document "Constellation exercises" further down the page. |
All maps have been extracted from the highly recommended Stellarium Astronomy Software, www.stellarium.org/ . The copyrighted maps are used with permission of the developers. |
| Constellation: | Adjacent constellations: above, right, below, left |
| Aquarius | Pisces, Pegasus, Equuleus, Delphinus, Aquila, Capricornus, Piscis Austrinus, Sculptor, Cetus |
| Aquila | Sagitta, Hercules, Ophiuchus, Serpens Cauda, Scutum, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Delphinus |
| Cygnus | Cepheus, Draco, Lyra, Vulpecula, Pegasus, Lacerta |
| Delphinus | Vulpecula, Sagitta, Aquila, Aquarius, Equuleus, Pegasus |
| Hercules | Draco, Bootes, Corona Borealis, Serpens Caput, Ophiuchus, Aquila, Vulpecula, Lyra |
| Lyra | Draco, Hercules, Vulpecula, Cygnus |
| Vulpecula | Cygnus, Lyra, Hercules, Sagitta, Delphinus, Pegasus |
| Constellations |
| Constellation exercises (pdf, 1.41 MB) |