Sky's Up Summer 2016 | Page 48

lunar calendar the key to your sky created by Howard Eskildsen created by Wil Tirion 48 Dates based on Mountain Standard Time Sky’s Up Sky’s Up January 1 January 15 February 1 February 15 March 1 March 15 April 1 April 15 May 1 May 15 June 1 June 15 July 1 July 15 August 1 August 15 September 1 September 15 October 1 October 15 November 1 November 15 December 1 December 15 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. 11 p.m. Midnight 1 a.m. 2 a.m. 3 a.m. 4 a.m. 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 7 a.m. 6 7 8 9 10 11 M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DST Local Time With a universe of options to explore, it can be difficult to track what awe-inspiring treasures are visible in your sky each month. To help guide your explorations throughout the year, Sky’s Up is providing the following collection of seasonal star maps created by noted celestial cartographer Wil Tirion. Based in The Netherlands, Tirion has been crafting stars maps since the 1970s and became a professional uranographer shortly after the publication of his highly regarded Sky Atlas 2000.0 in 1981. To learn more about Tirion and his work, click here. D A B C A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A C D A B C D A B 49