The sky for the month of october 2018

30 September 2018

Sky maps looking North and South in Paris, on the 15th of october 2018, at 23 h civil time.

Sky map looking south - october 2018
Sky map looking north - october 2018

AndromÈde (And), le BÉlier (Ari), le Bouvier (Boo),le Cocher (Aur), la Girafe (Cam), CassiopÉe (Cas), CÉphÉe (Cep),la Baleine (Cet), le Grand Chien (CMa), le Petit Chien (CMi), le Cancer (Cnc), les Chiens de Chasse (CVn), le Cygne (Cyg), le Dragon (Dra), Eridan (Eri), les GÉmeaux (Gem), l’Hydre femelle (Hya), le LÉzard (Lac),le Lion (Leo),le LiÈvre (Lep), le Lynx (Lyn), la Licorne (Mon), Orion (Ori), PÉgase (Peg), PersÉe (Per), la Grande Ourse (UMa), la Petite Ourse (UMi), les Poissons (Psc), la Poupe (Pup), le Sextant (Sex), le Taureau (Tau), le Triangle (Tri).

In its apparent motion along the ecliptic, the Sun is accompanied by several neighboring planets. Those which are to the East can be seen at sunset and at the beginning of the night, depending on their elongation and magnitude, while those which at to the West will be visible at the end of the night and at sunrise, again depending on their elongation and magnitude. The following figure shows the configuration for october 15th, 2018.

Apparent motion of the Sun along the ecliptic - october 2018

The sky maps were created using the free software Stellarium.