Tuesday, April 23, 2019
The Sky This Week - Thursday April 25 to Thursday May 2
The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday April 27. Saturn enters the evening sky and is occulted by the
Moon as seen from eastern and parts of central Australia on the 25th. Mars is
visible low in
the evening skies.
Jupiter is low in the late evening skies.
The morning skies feature four bright planets Jupiter, Saturn, bright
Venus and Mercury.Venus and Mercury are visited by the thin crescent Moon on May the 2nd.
The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday April 27. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 29th.
Morning sky on Saturday, April 27 showing the whole sky as seen from
Adelaide at 5:52 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise). Four bright planets
can be seen. Jupiter and Saturn are high above the northern horizon.
Venus and Mercury are above the eastern horizon. The Last Quarter Moon is above the northern horizon between Saturn and Venus.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Sky at 23:00 ACST on Saturday, April 27 looking east as seen from
Adelaide. Jupiter is low above
the eastern horizon. The left
upper insert inset shows the telescopic
view of Jupiter at this time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time.
The view of the Moon facing east at 22:48 am ACST in Adelaide on Thursday 25 April
just as Saturn appears from behind the Moon. The Moon is close to the
horizon.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in eastern Australia at roughly the equivalent local time, detailed times and observation hints are at my Saturn occultation page.
Evening sky on Saturday, April 27 as seen looking north-west from
Adelaide
at 18:50 ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Mars is the brightest object
above the western horizon
The Hyades also grace the north-western sky. Mars is between the bright red star Aldebaran and the star Alnath which marks the tip of the Bull's horns.
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Morning sky on Thursday, May 2 looking east as seen from
Adelaide at 5:56 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise). Venus and Mercury are close with the thin Crescent Moon above Venus, making an attractive line-up.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Venus is still bright in the morning skies below Jupiter and Saturn and above Mercury. Mercury away from Venus over the week. The thin crescent Moon is above Venus on May the 2nd.
Mercury is now sinking in the morning sky but is still visible below Venus as it leaves Venus behind.
Jupiter Jupiter is now rising just before midnight in the evening sky, but is low to the horizon and not an ideal telescope target being still at its best in the morning.
Mars moves through Taurus and is now the second brightest object in low in the western evening sky after the bright red star Adebaran. Mars sets around 8:00pm. Mars is between the bright red star Aldebaran and the star Alnath which marks the tip of the Bull's horns.
Saturn has entered the evening sky but it still best for telescopic viewing in the early morning. On the evening of the 25th the Moon occults Saturn as seen from eastern and parts of central Australia.
Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday April 27. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 29th.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in eastern Australia at roughly the equivalent local time, detailed times and observation hints are at my Saturn occultation page.
The Hyades also grace the north-western sky. Mars is between the bright red star Aldebaran and the star Alnath which marks the tip of the Bull's horns.
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Venus is still bright in the morning skies below Jupiter and Saturn and above Mercury. Mercury away from Venus over the week. The thin crescent Moon is above Venus on May the 2nd.
Mercury is now sinking in the morning sky but is still visible below Venus as it leaves Venus behind.
Jupiter Jupiter is now rising just before midnight in the evening sky, but is low to the horizon and not an ideal telescope target being still at its best in the morning.
Mars moves through Taurus and is now the second brightest object in low in the western evening sky after the bright red star Adebaran. Mars sets around 8:00pm. Mars is between the bright red star Aldebaran and the star Alnath which marks the tip of the Bull's horns.
Saturn has entered the evening sky but it still best for telescopic viewing in the early morning. On the evening of the 25th the Moon occults Saturn as seen from eastern and parts of central Australia.
Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
Labels: weekly sky
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 6:30 pm 
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