Kym @ The Evening Sky Map

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Lifelong sky watcher • Publisher of The Evening Sky Map (PDF) each month since January 2000: skymaps.com/tesm/ • Interests: Astronomy outreach • Astro-imaging • Supernovae | Career scientist (retired) Kym Thalassoudis PhD

A first quarter moon showing well defined craters along the terminator.
An illustration from a historical star atlas highlighting the constellation Virgo depicted as a winged female figure against a background of constellations shown as line drawings. The location of bright stars are marked and some are labelled with their names. The ecliptic is also shown. Image source: Plate 18, A Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson (1822).
A photograph showing a young child looking through a telescope towards the crescent moon and Venus in a twilight sky.
An antique star map depicting the constellation Leo as a lion, with labeled stars and celestial coordinates marked across the chart. The location of the bright star Regulus (the "Little King") is shown on the Ecliptic. Credit: Plate 17 (Leo), A Celestial Atlas, Alexander Jamieson (1822).
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in the PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. The high resolution PDF is free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
A telescopic photograph of the Pleiades star cluster showing many bright white stars with light blue coloured nebulosity surrounding the brighter stars. Image captured with an Askar SQA55 rig: skymaps.com/ir0/ Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in the PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. The high resolution PDF is free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
An illustration from a historical star atlas highlighting the constellation Virgo depicted as a winged female figure against a background of constellations shown as line drawings. The location of bright stars are marked and some are labelled with their names. The ecliptic is also shown. Image source: Plate 18, A Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson (1822).
Over 200 people of all ages were present at Adelaide University on 24 June 1997 for a public lecture by Dr Alan Hale -- co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp. After the entertaining talk, Dr Hale (left) presented a copy of his book "Everybody's Comet" to Bill Bradfield -- the 20th century's most prolific visual comet discoverer (18 comets). Photo Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in the PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. The high resolution PDF is free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
A telescopic photograph of a First Quarter Moon showing well defined craters along the terminator.
Image: Plate 15 (Gemini), A Celestial Atlas, Alexander Jamieson (1822)
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. Free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
A simulated image of the Moon showing its appearance at this time. Credit: SkySafari Pro.
A detailed telescopic photograph of the Full Moon against a black background. The image exhibits a range of gray tones that emphasize its craters, plains, and other surface features. The image was taken with a Sky-Watcher Maksutov-Newtonian telescope described at: skymaps.com/ir2/ Image Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in the PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. Free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
A telescopic image of a faint open star cluster showing several slightly brighter stars against a dark background of fewer stars. A second much smaller star cluster is visible to the lower right of the main cluster. Image credit: Kym Thalassoudis
A photograph taken with an iPhone 17 Pro during evening twilight. It shows Venus (bright white point of light in the upper left corner) and a thin crescent Moon (lower right) in bright twilight, the colour of which is gradually changing from a pale orange (lower part of image) to an pale blue-grey colour (upper part of image).
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. Free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. Free to download at: skymaps.com/tesm/
A telescopic image showing white stars on a grey background. The coordinates of the Artemis II Orion spacecraft are shown.
A table of celestial coordinates computed using ASTAP software.
An annotated telescopic image showing white stars on a grey background. The locations of the Artemis II Orion spacecraft and the ICPS are marked.
A simulated image of the Moon showing its appearance at this time. Credit: SkySafari Pro.
A detailed telescopic photograph of the Full Moon against a black background. The image exhibits a range of gray tones that emphasize its craters, plains, and other surface features. The image was taken with a Sky-Watcher Maksutov-Newtonian telescope described at: skymaps.com/ir2/ Image Credit: Kym Thalassoudis
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in the PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes.
A telescopic photograph of a First Quarter Moon showing well defined craters along the terminator.
A telescopic photograph of the Pleiades star cluster showing many bright white stars with light blue coloured nebulosity surrounding most of the brighter stars.
A simulated image of the Moon created with SkySafari 6 Pro.
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication in the PDF format that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes.
A simulated image of the Moon created with SkySafari 6 Pro.
A telescopic photograph of a First Quarter Moon showing well defined craters along the terminator.
A simulated image showing the close pairing of the planets Saturn and Neptune as they would appear through a 120mm f/5 refractor fitted with a 24mm eyepiece. Saturn has a distinct yellow colour and appears much brighter than blue-coloured Neptune. Image created with SkySafari 6 Pro.
A photograph of a black telescope on a white equatorial mount, with a red camera and a guide scope attached to the telescope.
A monochrome telescopic image showing a star field with a faint spiral galaxy at the centre. The location of the supernova in an inner spiral arm of the galaxy is marked with a pair of lines. The supernova has the same appearance as other faint stars in the image, but is much, much brighter than the indistinguishable stars which form the faint spiral structure of the galaxy.
The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly publication that features an all-sky map of the night sky, a calendar of celestial events, and a list of celestial objects visible to the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes.
An illustration from an 1822 star atlas highlighting the constellation Virgo depicted as a winged female figure against a background of stars and constellations all of which are shown as line drawings. Brighter stars are indicated with larger star symbols. The more prominent stars are labelled with Greek letters, and a few are also labelled with star names. The position of the ecliptic is shown passing through the constellation Virgo. Image source: Plate 18, A Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson (1822).
A telescopic image of several sunspots on the Sun including a much larger sunspot complex. A narrowband filter in the green part of the visible spectrum (540nm) was used to take the image resulting in the Sun's surface appearing bright green in color. Credit: Kym Thalassoudis