sky charts
Maps of stars
Sky charts are maps of the night sky showing the positions of stars, constellations, and celestial objects.
Astronomers and amateur stargazers use them to identify what's visible from a given location at a given time: I brought a sky chart to help us find Orion.
Also called star charts or star maps.
- star mapChart showing constellation positions
- Babylonian astronomyAncient Mesopotamian study of heavens
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
- constellationsRecognized celestial groupings
- Big DipperSeven-star northern asterism
stargazing · planets · telescope · planisphere · navigation · polar star · astrolabe · declination · ephemeris · sextant · asteroids · astrophotography · light pollution · Ptolemaic system · satellite tracking · galaxies · celestial globe · moon
- stargazingtelescope, stargazing guides, stars, constellation, telescopes
- sky mapsstar maps, star charts, planispheres, celestial sphere, stargazing guides
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
- meteor watchingmeteor showers, shooting stars, fireballs, bolides, radiants
domain mapped
sky chartsroad maps
Printed route diagrams
nautical charts · street maps · terrain maps · topographic maps · geographic maps