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Finding the Planets Use the charts below to find the approximate location of a planet. If the month is blank the planet is not easily visible. Compare the constellation’s stars you see in the sky to the star charts on pages 10 and 11. The bright “star” that is not printed on the star chart will be the planet. Look for Mercury and Venus near the horizon in the morning about an hour before Sunrise (East) or in the evening about an hour after Sunset (West). Look for Mercury a few days before or after the date listed. Here is a tip: planets do not “twinkle”; stars do. An easy to use monthly star chart showing constellations, planets and other objects may be downloaded from www.skymaps.com To make your own accurate sky charts and find the exact location of a planet on any day from any location in the world, you can download the following free planetarium software. Cartes du Ciel: http://www.stargazing.net/astropc Hallo Northern Sky: http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm 2009 FEB 13th Morn. Evening MAR Leo Leo Leo JUL MERCURY VENUS MARS JUPITER SATURN AUG 24th Eve. Morning Morning Taurus Taurus Capricornus Capricornus Leo SEP APR 26th Eve. MAY JUN 13th Morn. Morning Morning Aries Capricornus Capricornus Capricornus Leo Leo Leo OCT 6th Eve. NOV DEC 18th Eve. Morning Gemini Cancer Cancer Leo Capricornus Capricornus Capricornus Capricornus Virgo Virgo 2010 MERCURY VENUS MARS JUPITER SATURN MERCURY VENUS MARS JUPITER SATURN JAN 27th Morn. FEB MAR Cancer Aquarius Virgo Cancer Evening Cancer APR 8th Eve. Evening Cancer Virgo Virgo JUL AUG 7th Eve. Evening Virgo Pisces Virgo SEP 19th Morn. Evening Virgo Pisces Evening Leo Pisces Virgo JUN Virgo MAY 26th Morn. Evening Leo Pisces Virgo OCT NOV DEC 1st Eve. Morning Libra Aquarius Aquarius Aquarius Virgo Evening Leo Pisces Virgo From “The Sidewalk Astronomer” http://www.rasc.ca/education/sidewalkastronomer.shtml MERCURY VENUS MARS JUPITER SATURN JAN 4th Eve. Evening