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A Northern Hemisphere Star Gazing Activity

Find and name the stars of the Summer Triangle!

Success is fun!  The key to this activity is to go out when only the brighter stars are visible. Parents, could do this the night before so they know the best timing for their child's first try. For most northern latitudes it's easy to spot in the east in summer,  and in the west in late autumn, but with the angle reversed.

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To help find the Summer Triangle from your area, here's a few Voyager* screenshots of cities in a range of northern latitudes. Use these as a rough guide for where and when to look.  The samples cities will work for estimating the best times from anywhere along or near a similar latitude. LMT=local mean time LDT=local daylight time.

*All images, are screenshots from Carinasoft Voyager. We've added star labels, time & direction to look, and latitude, (rounded when close to the next degree).

Vancouver - Edmonton - Montreal - Toronto - San Francisco - Austin - New York - Honolulu - London - Glasgow - Oslo - Trondheim - Tel Aviv - Panama - Anchorage - Reykjavik

Click on the images for a larger view

*All sky images created using Carinasoft Voyager.

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Summer Triangle in July, Vancouver BC

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Summer Triangle in December, Vancouver BC

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Summer Triangle in July, Edmonton

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Summer Triangle in December, Edmonton

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Summer Triangle in July, Montreal

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Summer Triangle in December, Montreal

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Summer Triangle in July, Toronto

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Summer Triangle in December, Toronto

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Summer Triangle in July, San Francisco

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Summer Triangle in December, San Francisco

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Summer Triangle in July, Austin TX

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Summer Triangle in December, Austin TX

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Summer Triangle in July, New York

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Summer Triangle in December, New York

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Summer Triangle in July, Honolulu

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Summer Triangle in December, Honolulu

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Summer Triangle in July, London UK

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Summer Triangle in December, London UK

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Summer Triangle in September, Glasgow

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Summer Triangle in December, Glasgow

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Summer Triangle in September, Oslo

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Summer Triangle in December, Oslo

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Summer Triangle in October, Trondheim

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Summer Triangle in December, Trondheim

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Summer Triangle in July, Tel Aviv

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Summer Triangle in December, Tel Aviv

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Summer Triangle in August, Panama

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Summer Triangle in December, Panama

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Summer Triangle in December, Anchorage

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Summer Triangle in December, Reykjavik

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