These sky maps show the bright stars and planets visible in the sky in the northern hemisphere, looking South and North, on March 15th 2013 (23h). The vertical line corresponds to the projection on the sky of the local meridian. The red circular arc on the southern horizon shows the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun during the year).
The constellations visible on these maps are, in alphabetical order of logos :
Andromeda (And), Auriga (Aur), Angtila (Ant), Aries (Ari), Boötes (Boo), Camelopardis (Cam), Cassiopea (Cas), Cepheus (Cep), Canis Major (CMa), Canis Minor (CMi), Cancer (Cnc), Coma Berenices (Com), Corona Borealis (CrB),Crater (Crt), Corvus (Crv), Canes Venatici (CVn), Cygnus (Cyg), Draco (Dra), Gemini (Gem), Herculis (Her), Hydra (Hya), Lacerta (Lac),Leonis (Leo), Lepus (Lep), Leo Minor (LMi), Lynx (Lyn), Lyra (Lyr), Monoceros (Mon), Orionis (Ori), Perseus(Per), Pyxis (Pyx), Ursa Major (UMa), Ursa Minor (UMi), Puppis (Pup), Sextans (Sex), Taurus (Tau), Triangulum (Tri), Virgo (Vir).
In its apparent motion on the ecliptic, the Sun is accompanied by several close planets. Those which are to the East can be observed at sunset and in the early evening, depending on their elongation and their magnitude, while those to west can be observed at the end of the night and at sunrise under the same conditions. The following figure shows the configuration on March 15th 2013.
The sky maps have been produced with the help of the free software Stellarium.