Story: Night sky

More links and websites

• 
  Astronomy NZ – southern night sky
  

  This site by the Phoenix Astronomical Society
  presents information about the key features in
  southern night skies each month.

• Carter
  Observatory
  

  The website of the Carter Observatory includes
  educational resources, and news and events relating
  to astronomy.

• Royal
  Astronomical Society of New Zealand
  

  The official site of the Royal Astronomical
  Society of New Zealand contains a section entitled
  ‘What’s in the sky’, which is a guide to the
  visibility of the moon and planets, and to solar
  system events for each month. Details on this site
  apply mainly to the southern hemisphere, especially
  places with a latitude similar to New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

• Hall, Richard. How to gaze at southern
  stars. Wellington: Awa, 2004.
• Hyde, Vicki. Night skies above New
  Zealand. Auckland: New Holland, 2003.
• Muir, Hazel. ‘The Milky Way: no place like
  home.’ New Scientist 186, no. 2499 (May
  2005): 31–40.
• Ridpath, Ian. The Times space: a
  photographic guide to the universe. London:
  Harper Collins, 2002.
• Taylor, Paul. Naked eye wonders: a short
  guide to the stars as seen from Aotearoa New
  Zealand. 4th ed. Auckland: Starman
  Productions, 2005.
• Warner, Lionel. Stars and planets of the
  southern hemisphere. Auckland: Heinemann Reid,
  1989.