Help with stars and planets....

[Moons tide water]

Hello all,

   I recently got married (9-15-18) and I found a site that will print a picture of the night sky with the consolations and the planets but I'm having a hard time figuring them out I have identified some but not all. I figured i could find some helpful souls to educate me so i can order the print and surprise my bride. Plz help.. lol

[Demonperformer]

Hi, Mtw, and welcome to SGL.

Here's a screenprint from CdC at roughly the same time (not sure of your timezone, but it is roughly the same). You seem to have Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn on your print.

[JOC]

Demon performer excellent idea, just for a different perspective this is one from stellarium

 

[Ruud]

For on a computer screen: Stellarium
For printing charts: Sky Charts, Cartes du Ciel, CdC (all the same)

Both are free

Here is a binocular chart for the Pleiades that I printed as a pdf from CdC and opened in Inkscape (freeware too) to blur the outline of the nebulosity. I also added a few red lines: Pleiades-mag-bino.pdf

Stellarium is very pretty:

[Ricochet]

If you're trying to use that poster to find constellations in the night sky then I've never found that style of map very useful. I prefer the phone apps as they can easily be taken outside and orientated against the horizon which makes things a lot easier. For initial constellation learning I prefer the lines given by Stellarium although for general use I prefer Sky Safari. Learning the constellations is simply a case of going outside at night and finding one thing that you can find both in the sky and on your map (e.g. the Big Dipper in Ursa Major) and starting from there over many nights.

However, I get the impression you just want the names of the constellations on that map, because that is the sky on the night you were married? If so this should get you going. I've done most of the larger constellations and you can use Stellarium or similar to find the smaller ones. The Sun, Moon and planets are also marked in the same colour text as the dot used to represent them.

 

 

[Moons tide water]

Wow! Thank you everyone for the response. I have to say this is by far the best forum I have found. To have so many response without [removed word] talk is nice. I've always been a star gazer in a sense.. I could never afford the best equipment and dnt know too many constellations bit I've always wanted to. This forum seems to be the place that can change that. Thanks again. 

[Demonperformer]

You already have the most important piece3 of equipment ... Mk I eyeballs. I would suggest a planisphere (get one for your latitude if different) - very easy to use in the field and once you line it up, you will be able to identify loads of stars. You will soon learn your way around.

[JOC]

If you already have a pair of ordinary binoculars you could also try those too.