Monday, May 20, 2019
The Sky This Week - Thursday May 23 to Thursday May 30
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday May 27. Mars is
visible low in
the evening twilight. Jupiter is easily visible in the evening skies.
The dwarf planet Ceres is at opposition, when it is easily visible in binoculars, on the 29th. Saturn climbs higher in the late evening
skies and is very close to the Moon on morning of the 23rd. The morning skies feature three bright planets Jupiter, Saturn and bright
Venus. Venus is closing in on the horizon.
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday May 27. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 26th.
Morning sky on Saturday, May 25 looking east as seen from
Adelaide at 6:11 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise). Three bright planets
can be seen. Jupiter and Saturn are high above the north-western and northern horizon forming a line with the Moon. Venus is low above the eastern horizon.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Morning sky on Thursday, May 23 looking west as seen from
Adelaide at 6:10 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise). Saturn is very close the the waning Moon. There is a daytime occultation of Saturn (as seen in the inset at 8:38 ACST), this will be telescope only and should only be attempted by experienced amateurs.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Sky at 22:00 ACST on Saturday, May 25 looking east as seen from
Adelaide. Ceres is below Antares and bright enough to be easily seen in binoculars. Jupiter is high above
the eastern horizon with Saturn below. The left
upper insert inset shows the telescopic
view of Jupiter at this time, the left lower insert that of Saturn. Io is just emerging after transiting the face of Jupiter.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time, click to embiggen.
Sky at 22:00 ACST on Saturday, May 25 looking east as seen from
Adelaide. This is a higher magnification spotters map to find the dwarf planet Ceres.
While Ceres is at its brightest on the 29th, it is easily visible before and after the 29th, and is moving reasonably slowly. It is below and to the north of Antares with easily visible guide stars.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time, click to embiggen.
Evening sky on Saturday, May 25 as seen looking north-west from
Adelaide
at 18:14ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Mars is in the constellation of Gemini forming a triangle with eta and mu Geminorum.
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Venus is still bright in the morning twilight although it is coming closer to the horizon.
Mercury is now lost in the twilight.
Jupiter Jupiter is now visible in the mid evening sky. Although is now a good telescope target it is still at its best in the morning.
Mars continues leaves Taurus and enters Gemini. Mars forms a triangle with eta and mu Geminorum early in the week, then heads towards epsilon Geminorum. Mars sets around 7:30pm.
Saturn climbs higher in the evening sky but it still best for telescopic viewing in the early morning. The Moon is very close to Saturn on the morning of the 23rd, with a daytime occultation seen from most of Australia. This will be telescope only and should only be attempted by experienced amateurs. Later in the evening the Moon is still near Saturn.
Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEDST, Western sky at 10 pm AEDST. 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 Monday May 27. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 26th.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time, click to embiggen.
While Ceres is at its brightest on the 29th, it is easily visible before and after the 29th, and is moving reasonably slowly. It is below and to the north of Antares with easily visible guide stars.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time, click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Venus is still bright in the morning twilight although it is coming closer to the horizon.
Mercury is now lost in the twilight.
Jupiter Jupiter is now visible in the mid evening sky. Although is now a good telescope target it is still at its best in the morning.
Mars continues leaves Taurus and enters Gemini. Mars forms a triangle with eta and mu Geminorum early in the week, then heads towards epsilon Geminorum. Mars sets around 7:30pm.
Saturn climbs higher in the evening sky but it still best for telescopic viewing in the early morning. The Moon is very close to Saturn on the morning of the 23rd, with a daytime occultation seen from most of Australia. This will be telescope only and should only be attempted by experienced amateurs. Later in the evening the Moon is still near Saturn.
Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEDST, Western sky at 10 pm AEDST. 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/
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