These sky maps show the bright stars and planets which can be ssen from the Northern hemisphere, looking South and North, on September 15th 2013 (23h). The vertical line is the projection onto the sky of the local meridian. The red circular arc on the southern horizon represents the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun during the year).
The constellations which can be seen on these maps are, in alphabetical order of their initials :
Andromeda (And), Aquila (Aql), Aries (Ari), Auriga (Aur), Boötes (Boo), Camelopardalis (Cam), Capricornus (Cap), Cassiopeia (Cas), Cepheus (Cep), Cetus (Cet), Coma Berenices (Com), Corona Borealis (CrB), Canes Venatici (CVn), Cygnus (Cyg), Delphinus (Del), Draco (Dra), Equeus (Equ), Herculis (Her), Lacerta (Lac), Lynx (Lyn), Lyra (Lyr), Microscopium (Mic), Ophiucus (Oph), Pegasus (Peg), Perseus (Per), lPisces Australis (PsA), Pisces (Psc), Ursa Major (UMa), Ursa Minor (UMi), Scutum Sobieski (Sct), Serpentis (Ser), Sagitta (Sge), Sagittarius (Sgr), Triangulum (Tri), Vulpecula (Vul).
In its apparent motion along the ecliptic, the Sun is accompanied by many neigbouring planets. Those which are to the East can be seen at Sun set and at the beginning of the night, depending on their elongation, while those to the west can be seen at the end of the night or at Sunrise, under the same conditions. The following figure shows the configuration for September 15th 2013.
The sky maps were created using the free software Stellarium.