Astroblog: Southern Skywatch May 2012 Edition Up

Friday, May 04, 2012

Southern Skywatch May 2012 Edition Up

Evening sky looking west as seen from Adelaide at 5:30 pm local time on May 23 showing Venus near the crescent Moon. Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time. Click to embiggen.

The May edition of Southern Skywatch is now up.

Venus is low in the early evening sky. Venus close to Elnath on the 7th. Venus is close to the crescent Moon on the 23rd.

Jupiter is lost in the twilight.

Mars is close to the Moon on the 1st and 29th.

Saturn is close to the Moon on the 4th. "Supermoon" on the 6th.

Mercury leaves the morning sky by mid-month.

Labels: southern skywatch