Northern And Southern Hemisphere.

Are there many sights that I won't see in the Northern Hemisphere Night Sky
that can be seen in the Southern Hemisphere Night Sky? I don't mean at any
particular time of year, I mean things that will never appear in the
northern hemisphere.

Do most stars and galaxys appear for both northern and southern hemisphere
viewers?

Thanks for any help.

Matalog wrote:
Are there many sights that I won't see in the Northern Hemisphere Night Sky
that can be seen in the Southern Hemisphere Night Sky? I don't mean at any
particular time of year, I mean things that will never appear in the
northern hemisphere.

Do most stars and galaxys appear for both northern and southern hemisphere
viewers?

Thanks for any help.



Subtracting your latitude from 90° gives you the limit of how
far you can see into the other celestial hemisphere.

"Matalog" ha scritto:

Are there many sights that I won't see in the Northern Hemisphere Night Sky
that can be seen in the Southern Hemisphere Night Sky? I don't mean at any
particular time of year, I mean things that will never appear in the
northern hemisphere.

Do most stars and galaxys appear for both northern and southern hemisphere
viewers?

Thanks for any help.

Subract 90 from your local latitude and you will find the limit
declination for your observations.

For example, if you live at latitude 40 North, you will never see
stars having a declination of -50 or less, that is stars with
declination 50 South to 90 South.

Sam Wormley wrote:

Subtracting your latitude from 90° gives you the limit of how
far you can see into the other celestial hemisphere.

The most famous southern stuff is all south of declination
-60 degrees. You can see it from tropical locations in the
northern hemisphe I've observed Alpha Centauri, the
Eta Carinae Nebula, etc. from Costa Rica at 10 degrees
north, but for the full experience you really need to go
to the southern hemisphere.

From Costa Rica, the Tarantula Nebula is a hazy blur
in the mist at the horizon. From Australia it's a bino-
cular target. Having the Sagittarius Milky Way directly
overhead is kind of cool too. My first good view of the
Eta Carinae Nebula was with binoculars from St. Kilda
Beach in Melbourne...

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte