Stornoway Astronomical Society. AuroraMAX. Calsky SY. LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE AND SPACE SHUTTLE TRACKING. Tonight. Tonight’s chart shows Polaris and the Big and Little Dippers for a September evening.
You can use the Big Dipper to find Polaris, which is also known as the North Star. Notice that a line from the two outermost stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper points to Polaris. Stargazers Lounge. Welcome to AuroraWatch UK. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Highlights of the Month April - Mars at Opposition.
Image NASA. Mars, lying above Spica in Virgo, reaches opposition on April 8th when its magnitude will be -1.5 and its angular diameter 15.1 arc seconds.