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Old 13-02-2012, 03:45 PM
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The Night Sky Map and Planet Charts for 2012

I wrote a Perl script that creates night sky map showing over eleven thousands stars, Milky Way overlay, constellation brightest stars names, lines and boundaries. There are also objects from the Messier catalog and the Caldwell list plotted on the map. The map contains positions of all Solar System planets for the whole 2012.

I also divided the map into seven separate charts for all planets of the Solar System and our dearly missed Pluto. The planets are plotted as apparent geocentric position at midnight Universal Time.

You can find more information here:
http://www.astronomyalmanac.com/planet-chart.html
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