See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be elaborate.
  It should be easy to read and just represent one night in the sky. I want
to turn it into a transparency for use with an overhead projector. A
transparent background would be good, that is, white.
--
                          Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

                        Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net

Where do I find it--Stellarium? Is this a downloadable program or a web page
that constructs a sky chart for a given month and year?

Sjouke Burry wrote:
W. Watson wrote:
See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be
elaborate. It should be easy to read and just represent one night in
the sky. I want to turn it into a transparency for use with an
overhead projector. A transparent background would be good, that is,
white.
Planisphere, ISBN 90-801496-1-6.
Or Stellarium, select correct time/date and orientation,
hit the "print screen" button,close Stellarium, open Paint
(or another photo/draw pack) and paste the clipboard.
Then print it on a transparency.

--
Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net

See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be elaborate.
It should be easy to read and just represent one night in the sky. I want
to turn it into a transparency for use with an overhead projector. A
transparent background would be good, that is, white.
Planisphere, ISBN 90-801496-1-6.

On Apr 21, 5:20 pm, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@invalid.com> wrote:
See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be elaborate.
It should be easy to read and just represent one night in the sky. I want
to turn it into a transparency for use with an overhead projector. A
transparent background would be good, that is, white.
--
Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net


This would be my choice:

http://skymaps.com/

W. Watson wrote:
See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be
elaborate. It should be easy to read and just represent one night in
the sky. I want to turn it into a transparency for use with an
overhead projector. A transparent background would be good, that is,
white.
Planisphere, ISBN 90-801496-1-6.
Or Stellarium, select correct time/date and orientation,
hit the "print screen" button,close Stellarium, open Paint
(or another photo/draw pack) and paste the clipboard.
Then print it on a transparency.

Where do I find it--Stellarium? Is this a downloadable program or a web page
that constructs a sky chart for a given month and year?

Sjouke Burry wrote:
W. Watson wrote:
See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be
elaborate. It should be easy to read and just represent one night in
the sky. I want to turn it into a transparency for use with an
overhead projector. A transparent background would be good, that is,
white.
Planisphere, ISBN 90-801496-1-6.
Or Stellarium, select correct time/date and orientation,
hit the "print screen" button,close Stellarium, open Paint
(or another photo/draw pack) and paste the clipboard.
Then print it on a transparency.

See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be elaborate.
It should be easy to read and just represent one night in the sky. I want
to turn it into a transparency for use with an overhead projector. A
transparent background would be good, that is, white.

W. Watson wrote:
Where do I find it--Stellarium? Is this a downloadable program or a web page
that constructs a sky chart for a given month and year?

Sjouke Burry wrote:
W. Watson wrote:
See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be
elaborate. It should be easy to read and just represent one night in
the sky. I want to turn it into a transparency for use with an
overhead projector. A transparent background would be good, that is,
white.
Planisphere, ISBN 90-801496-1-6.
Or Stellarium, select correct time/date and orientation,
hit the "print screen" button,close Stellarium, open Paint
(or another photo/draw pack) and paste the clipboard.
Then print it on a transparency.


Googling stellarium download

First link gives download adress.

It is a full screen windows program with a very
real sky look.

See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be elaborate.
It should be easy to read and just represent one night in the sky. I want
to turn it into a transparency for use with an overhead projector. A
transparent background would be good, that is, white.

See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be
elaborate. It should be easy to read and just represent one night in
the sky. I want to turn it into a transparency for use with an overhead
projector. A transparent background would be good, that is, white.

W. Watson wrote:
See Subject. I need it for instructional purposes. It need not be
elaborate. It should be easy to read and just represent one night in
the sky. I want to turn it into a transparency for use with an
overhead projector. A transparent background would be good, that is,
white.


Why not use the PDF version of Sky & Telescope's Interactive Sky Chart?
It has your desired white background and should be quite adaptable to
your specifications. Here is the link to Sky & Telescope's Interactive
Sky Chart: http://tinyurl.com/3j8ut7

One must be a member of that site to access this but registration is
quick, free, and easy.

Look at the bottom left margin of the chart and click on "CREATE PDF."
If your system lacks the required PDF reader, I would suggest using the
Foxit Reader (free download and much lighter than ADOBE). Here is the
url for the free Foxit Reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

That ought to do it. Good luck!


--
Martin R. Howell
Moderated sci.astro.amateur
www.moderatedsciastroamateur.org

That looks like a useful page, but what's the simplest way to get one page
printer for a sky map? Any month or year will do.

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:54:39 -0700, "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com
wrote:

That looks like a useful page, but what's the simplest way to get one page
printer for a sky map? Any month or year will do.

Download the pdf below. Open it with acrobat reader and print it.

http://skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn0804.pdf (April 2008 Northern Hemisphere)

--
Tom Hise

when do they post May's map?...you can get last months map by changing the
date in the url but it doesn't work for MAy...