Santo Domingo Sky and Celestial Views

View of the night sky from Santo Domingo

	asteroid			neptune
	comet			pluto
	earth			saturn
	jupiter			sun
	mars			uranus
	mercury			venus

Sky Maps provided by : Your Sky

Deep Sky objects from The Nine Planets

For more details about the planets go to Your Sky map.

If you want to look at the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic area enter these paramaters:

Latitude / Latitud: North 18°24'

Longitude / Longitud: West 69°9

Map Orientation

The sky map is drawn in the form normally used by astronomers. If you're in the Northern hemisphere, North is up and West is to the right. East and West will seem to be backwards. A sky map represents the dome of the heavens and it is to be used (at least in your mind) by holding it over your head. If you stand facing North and hold the map over your head, then East and West on the map correspond to their terrestrial directions. Think about it. If you're observing from the Southern hemisphere, South is up and East is to the right.

Constellations

The names and outlines of the constellations and the borders between these constellations are shown.

Celestial Coordinates

The celestial poles are marked with a light blue cross with arms pointing at the 0, 6, 12, and 18 hour marks along the celestial equator. The equator is also drawn in light blue, with labeled tick marks at every hour of right ascension. The ecliptic is plotted in dark red with ticks and labels every 15° of ecliptic longitude. The point where the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator at 0 hours of right ascension and 0° ecliptic longitude is called the “March Equinox” or “First Point of Aries”

The Sun, Moon and Planets

are included in my map with the symbols listed below for reference

Maps | Weather | Dominican Sky

If you enjoy watching the sky like I do this page can be very helpful. Looking from the ground up to the heavens and gazing at all the stars. Have you ever wondered what all the constellations were named? And of course you remember when you were on the moon looking down at earth and saw the beautiful blue of the ocean and the lush dark green of the land. Ok...I know you have never done that. This is why I have the views here for you.

Do you watch the news to know when the next shooting star event will happen? Or maybe you love observing a comet hurtling past. How about a Solar or Lunar Eclipse? I will try and have all the information here when these events will happen and where to go for the best viewing in Dominican Republic (and maybe elsewhere also).

These maps I have here will refresh every time you refresh the page. If you are wondering why the blue planet view does not get dark. I fixed that to only show the daylight view since you can't see anything in the dark anyhow.

I have also included some news feed about different space events and happenings.

Remember, look to the sky, you may be amazed at what you can see and how it can sometimes make your problems seem so small only by observing the vastness of the heavens.