i know there maps of the stars above us but what about say... the sky over the south pole?
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Most star maps are either of the Northern Hemisphere or the Souther Hemisphere of our entire celestial sphere.  So there are maps of stars best viewed from the southern hemisphere as well but since you cant see most of those constalations in the northern hemisphere they will likely not be sold in most northern places.
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So far, the answers have addressed a variety of ways of looking at "above and below" the solar system.  A few have only looked at things from the earth's perspective, which does not seem to be what you're looking for.  Someone mentioned the galactic plane, which is a better answer.  However, you specifically mention the planets revolving around the Sun, which leads me to believe you are specifically interested in what lies above and below the plane of the those orbits.\n\nThe plane in which most of the planets (Pluto being the exception) orbit is called the ecliptic plane.  Earth's axis is tilted relative to this plane by 23.5 degrees, so "above and below" doesn't quite coincide with above and below the Earth's poles.  If you look at the points north and south of the ecliptic plane, they lie in the constellations Draco and Dorado, respectively.  Neither of these constellations lie in the galactic plane.  In Draco, there are a few bright stars, and a number of galaxies are visible in a good size telescope.  In Dorado, which is only visible from the southern hemisphere, one finds the Large Magellanic Cloud.  This a galaxy separate from our own Milky Way; it is a companion to our galaxy, 180,000 light years distant.\n\nThe galactic plane intersects the ecliptic plane in Gemini and Sagittarius.  Aside from these areas of the sky, the bulk of the galaxy is above and below the solar system.  The center of the galaxy, though, lies in Sagittarius.  Thus, the thickest part is, by coincidence, in the same plane as the solar system, though much more distant.\n\nLocally, there are comets that have orbits that are steeply inclined to the ecliptic plane, so there are nearby objects that spend most of their time above and below the solar system.  There are some asteroids that fit this description as well.  Even the newly discovered object 2003UB313, which is bigger than Pluto, has an orbit that is inclined 44 degrees to the ecliptic plane.  It is part of this solar system, for certain, but it spends most of its time outside of the plane of the other planets' orbits.
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you also need your latitude.  \n\nThink about it, if you were at one of the poles, sun-rise and sunset would be drastically different.\n\nYes, There is a formula.\n\nHere's the answer in positional astronomy...
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Go here and register ( Free )..Plug in your location.\nThe site tracks several satellites and the space station.\n\nhttp://www.heavens-above.com
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try the tv guide\ntry the sky planner
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The poles are not good places for observatories, from a purely geometric point of view. From the north pole, you can see only half the sky, the same half night after night for six months. Then during the summer the sun is in the sky all the time and you can't see anything except the sun.\n\nA similar problem exists at the south pole, except that the seasons are reversed.\n\nFrom the equator you can see the entire sky over the course of a year. On any single night, you can see only some of the sky, but if you wait a year you can see it all.
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ASTRONOMY is a map of the sky...\n\nASTROLOGY is using planetary positions to predict the future (which is BS)
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yes there is. Solaris is the North Star.  As you may realise by the name if you can spot it it will point you towards the north direction so long as you are in the northern hemisphere.  It is the only star in the sky that does not appear to move as observed from planet earth.
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http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/usgsmaps/usgsmaps.html#Satellite%20image%20maps\ntry this, if not, explore more of usgs.gov. \nthen order
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Use the North Star like you would a compass.\n\nThe North Star is a title of the star best suited for navigation northwards. A candidate must be visible from Earth and circumpolar to the north celestial pole. The current one is Polaris. It is the star at the end of the "handle" of the Little Dipper asterism in the constellation Ursa Minor.\n\nThe North Star has been historically used by explorers to determine their latitude. At any point north of the equator the angle from the horizon to the North Star (its altitude) is the same as the latitude from which that angle was taken. For example, the angle to the North Star for a person at 30° latitude will be about 30°.\n\nPolaris has a visual magnitude of 1.97 (second magnitude). In 3000 BC the faint star Thuban in the constellation Draco was the North Star. At magnitude 3.67 (fourth magnitude) it is only one-fifth as bright as Polaris. The first magnitude star Vega will be the North Star by AD 14,000.\n\nCurrently, there is no South Star as useful as Polaris; the faint star σ Octantis is closest to the south celestial pole. However, the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, points towards the south pole.
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The "ecliptic" is the imaginary line in our sky along which the other planets in our solar system move. In the Northern Hemisphere, the ecliptic would be an arced line about 45-degrees above the southern horizon at its highest.
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Yeah there's no actual land up there.  And these is also a magnetic north/south poles as well as the geographical north and south poles.
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yup the same phenomenon is observed near the south pole, but it has a different name. it is called 'aurora australis'
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thats a deep question today.\n\nTicker tape to the moon is a clue ;) to a  wide part of it
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Check http://www.wunderground.com/sky/index.asp
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The North Star is a title of the star best suited for navigation northwards. A candidate must be visible from Earth and circumpolar to the north celestial pole. The current one is Polaris. It is the star at the end of the "handle" of the constellation Ursa Minor.\n\nThe North Star has been historically used by explorers to determine their latitude. At any point north of the equator the angle from the horizon to the North Star (its altitude) is the same as the latitude from which that angle was taken. For example, the angle to the North Star for a person at 30° latitude will be about 30°.\n\nPolaris has a visual magnitude of only 1.97. On the other hand, in 3000 BC the faint star Thuban in the constellation Draco was the North Star; and at magnitude 3.67 it is five times fainter than Polaris. The bright Vega will be the North Star by AD 14,000. In comparison the brightest star, Sirius, has a magnitude of −1.46 (assuming that we exclude the Sun at −26.8).\n\nCurrently, there is no South Star as useful as Polaris; the faint star σ Octantis is closest to the south celestial pole. However, the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, points towards the south pole.
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http://www.mapkids.org/solar-system-map.html#WIN\n\n&#92;