
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
Milky Way and the Universe
The sky from every place on Earth, with the Southern Cross, the Magellanic Clouds and the North Star, and where Earth sits in the Milky Way and the Universe.
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The sky from each place: what you can see
Never setsRises and setsNever visible
Where Earth sits in the Universe
The drawings are not to scale: the real distances are too large to fit on a screen.
Each place's sky is worked out from its latitude and each object's declination (its "latitude" on the sky). Months are the best for early-evening viewing.
Where to see it on your trip
Places in the guide related to this topic.
Southern Hemisphere: Milky Way, Southern Cross and Magellanic Clouds


Vale do Elqui

Salar de Uyuni

Tekapo

Alto Paraíso de Goiás

Jalapão

Lençóis Maranhenses
Northern Hemisphere: Big Dipper and North Star

Ilha do Havaí (Big Island)

Tenerife

Flagstaff

Abisko
On the equator, both skies

Macapá

Marco Zero do Equador



