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In the ese sky, there are two bright stars. Is that the early stages of the summer triangle?
I used to know all this, and as I can't backpack into the Sierra Nevada's anymore (blown out knee),
I have forgotten some of the star positions. Are they Deneb and Altair, and since it is Springtime, the 3rd star isn't visible yet? And when will Dolphinious be visible? When my brother and I backpacked together, and we first saw Dolphinious, we both said, there's the "Leaping Trout"! To this day I still call it Leaping Trout, since we were up there for trout, not dolphins!!(lol)
Delphinus is a nice sight., one of my favourites. It sits there boldly amongst all the big boys...and girls, and animals and birds.
It's close to a bird, the Swan Cygnus, which is rising in the east during the evening.
If you stand facing south late in the evening, Regulus in Leo is to the west with Saturn to the left of it and Arcturus is very high up. You can find Arcturus by following the curve of the handle of the Big Dipper.
East of Arcturus is the very bright Vega and far below Vega is Altair..
East of Vega is Cygnus with it's bright star Deneb.
Vega Deneb and Altair form the Summer Triangle.
http://www.space.com/1206-doorstep-astronomy-summer-triangle.html . . . . . .
The five brightest stars of Cygnus form the Northern Cross.
Near the base of the cross and just left a bit (technical eh?) is the lovely little Delphinus which as you say is a bit small for a dolphin but lovely as a trout, and rising below it is Pegasus.
http://www.dibonsmith.com/del_con.htm . . . . . .
Delphinus is in the middle of the map with Cygnus above it.
http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/del/delp.html . . .
The map is the field map link on here
http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/del/index.html . . . . . .
On Stellarium, in the link below set your own nearest city (within 100 miles or so is OK) and use the fast forward at bottom right to get to a later time at night.
Constellation names and boundaries, stick patterns etc are all available and can be switched on and off.
It's easy to pick up how to use the various options.
If your mouse has a centre wheel zoom out by turning the wheel toward you to get a whole-sky picture.
Simple instructions enough to get started with it are on here, with a download link. It's free and works for anywhere in the world.
See the answer starting 'Yes...you'll get a decent view from Perth'.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqNxt9H5yx.p4NuVhjZ.38Pty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110511092808AAG9DyD . . . . .
Enjoy the stars.
Screenshot...Summer Triangle rising. The circled star is Deneb.
Delphinus is upper left of Altair. Click on the picture for a bigger view.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65837999@N00/?saved=1 . . . .
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