100 hours of Astronomy - Morning View (12-13 Jaunary)

Morning sky on Saturday, January 12 looking east as seen from Adelaide at 5:09 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise). Venus is bright and is coming close to Jupiter. The left upper insert inset shows the telescopic view of Venus at this time. The lower insert shows the approximate view of Jupiter and its moons at at this time. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise). Venus and Jupiter are to the same scale, click to embiggen.

>Morning sky on Sunday, January 13 looking east as seen from Adelaide at 5:09 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise). Venus is bright and near to Jupiter (wath them over the coming week as they get closer). The left upper insert inset shows the telescopic view of Venus at this time. The right insert shows the approximate view of Jupiter and its moons at at this time. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise)

I hope you all are enjoying the 100 hours of Astronomy. I've had some clear nights, and done some lunar imaging, but the mornings are nice too, with bright Jupiter and Venus coming closer together, nestled under the body of the Scorpion and the bright red star Antares. So if you are up early, have a look!