Producing a monthly sky calendar/guide

[Dangerous-Dave]

Hi guys, I recently (perhaps foolishly!) volunteered to write our Astro Soc's monthly newsletter. I thought it would be useful to include a monthly guide to what's happening in the sky. I don't want to get into all the hassle of printing an annotated planisphere like Astronomy Now or S@N mag, but I thought it would be useful to have a prose list of key events, for example "1st September - Mars in conjunction with M35" "2nd September Peak of Delta Aquarid meteorite shower", plus moon phases etc.

Am I right in thinking this is something that can be done by Skymap Pro? Alternatively, I seem to remember a website that does this buy I can't for the life of me remember which one.

I would be most grateful for any help!

D

[Herakles]

Dave I'm pretty sure it's CN that does the monthly gig of the skies

Pete

[Dangerous-Dave]

Mank thanks Pete, I just found Dave Mitsky's celestial calendar for August and it's just the ticket (well, it's pretty complicated but could form the basis of a simplified version). However, he only produces it on the last day of the previous month and I wanted this sorted by Friday. I suppose, if push came to shove I could wait till Monday.

[Dave]

Try my web site: www.eagleseye.co.uk

There is a downloadable PDF file of my sky diary in there as well.

Have a look, if you like it I will PM you the September version.

Cheers

Dave

[mdstuart]

You should look at the magazine our society produces.

Bristol Astronomical Society - BASIL

It might give you some ideas and save you a lot of time?

Mark

[Dangerous-Dave]

Many thanks for your help.

Mark, that is brilliant piece of work, but a fair bit longer than what I was aiming for. We are a society of about 12 paying members, and average turn out is 6-8 so I was thinking in terms of a side or two of A4.

Dave (Eagleseye) - I think what you have produced is fairly close to what I was thinking about. If you are OK with me using your September version for Durham Astronomical Society, with appropriate credits and link to your website etc, then yes please PM me.

[Dave]

I will PM it to you when I get home from work after 5:00pm.

[Dangerous-Dave]

Many thanks Dave.