Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Sky This Week - Thursday August 6 to Thursday August 13
The Last Quarter Moon is Wednesday, August 12. Four bright planets are visible in the early morning skies. Venus is in the arm of Orion. Mars is rising before midnight. The waning Moon is close to Mars on the 9th. Jupiter and Saturn are easily visible in the evening sky. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is still (just) visible in binoculars.
The Last Quarter Moon is Wednesday, August 12. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 9th.
Evening sky at 19:06 ACST (90 minutes after sunset) on Saturday, August 8 facing east as seen from Adelaide. Jupiter and Saturn are high above the Eastern horizon.
The insets show the telescopic view of the planets at the same magnification at this time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Morning sky on Saturday, August 8 showing the north-eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 5:37 am ACST (90 minutes before sunrise). Crescent Venus is in the arm of Orion.
The inset in the telescopic view of Venus at this time
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen.
Morning sky on Sunday, August 9 showing the whole sky as seen from Adelaide at 5:00 am ACST.
Four bright planets are visible stretching west to east. Jupiter, Saturn Mars and Venus.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time. click to embiggen.
Evening sky at 18:37 ACST (60 minutes after sunset) on Saturday, August 8 facing north-west as seen from Adelaide.
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is climbing higher in our skies. It requires binoculars to see. It will looks like a fuzzy dot and a small tail might be visible from dark sky sites.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
The insets show the telescopic view of the planets at the same magnification at this time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
The inset in the telescopic view of Venus at this time
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen.
Four bright planets are visible stretching west to east. Jupiter, Saturn Mars and Venus.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time. click to embiggen.
Evening sky at 18:37 ACST (60 minutes after sunset) on Saturday, August 8 facing north-west as seen from Adelaide.Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is climbing higher in our skies. It requires binoculars to see. It will looks like a fuzzy dot and a small tail might be visible from dark sky sites.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Four bright planets grace the morning sky.
Pluto Neptune and Uranus are also part of this line-up, but unable to be seen with the unaided eye.
Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.
Venus is is in the arm of Orion.
Mars is visible high in the morning sky to the north, east of Jupiter and Saturn. It enters the evening sky shortly before midnight but is still low to the horizon. The waning Moon is close to Mars on the 9th.
Jupiter is lowering in the morning sky and now can be readily seen in the early evening sky. Jupiter and Saturn stay around a hand-span apart during the week. Jupiter was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on July the 14th, but is still an excellent sight.
Saturn is also lowering in the morning sky near Jupiter drawing away from Mars. It too is now visible in the early evening skies. Saturn was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on July the 21st, but is still an excellent sight.
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.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
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/
Pluto Neptune and Uranus are also part of this line-up, but unable to be seen with the unaided eye.
Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.
Venus is is in the arm of Orion.
Mars is visible high in the morning sky to the north, east of Jupiter and Saturn. It enters the evening sky shortly before midnight but is still low to the horizon. The waning Moon is close to Mars on the 9th.
Jupiter is lowering in the morning sky and now can be readily seen in the early evening sky. Jupiter and Saturn stay around a hand-span apart during the week. Jupiter was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on July the 14th, but is still an excellent sight.
Saturn is also lowering in the morning sky near Jupiter drawing away from Mars. It too is now visible in the early evening skies. Saturn was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on July the 21st, but is still an excellent sight.
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.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
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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