Monday, June 28, 2021
Thursday July 1 to Thursday July 8
The Last Quarter Moon is Friday, July 2. Earth is at aphelion on the 6th. Saturn and Jupiter are visible late in the evening sky. Venus is readily visible in the evening twilight and is coming closer to Mars. Venus is in front of the Beehive cluster on July 3. Mercury rises higher in the morning sky and is close to the crescent Moon on the 8th.
Evening sky on Saturday, July 3 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 pm ACST (just before midnight).
Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the late evening sky
Whole sky at 18:44 ACST (90 minutes after sunset), on Saturday, July 3 as seen from
Evening twilight sky on Saturday, July 3 looking north-west as seen from
Adelaide
at 18:15 ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Venus is low above the horizon. Venus is coming closer to Mars and is
in front of the Beehive cluster on the 3rd. You will require
binoculars to see this. The inset shows the approximate binocular view
of Venus and the beehive at this time
Morning twilight sky at 6:24 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise), on Thursday, July 8 facing east as seen from Adelaide.
Mars is visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is coming closer to Venus.
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/
The Last Quarter Moon is Friday, July 2. Earth is at aphelion on the 6th, when it is furthest from the Sun. The Moon is also at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 6th as well.
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The insets shows the telescopic views of Jupiter and Saturn at this time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (just before midnight), click to embiggen.
Adelaide.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset). click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Mercury is visible below the bright star Aldebaran and close to the thin crescent Moon. Mercury is also almost on top of the star Zeta Tauri, the inset shows the telescopic view of Mercury at this time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes before sunrise)
Mercury is prominent in the morning twilight this week, rising below the bright star Aldebaran, and is now easy to see an hour before sunrise. On the 8th the thin crescent Moon is close to Mercury
Venus is becoming visible in the late twilight. I have been able to see Venus from 15 minutes after sunset and it is easily seen 60 minutes after sunset. Venus is coming closer to Mars in the mid-twilight and is in front of the Beehive cluster on the 3rd. You will require binoculars to see this. Just find Venus and the cluster will be visible in binoculars.
Venus is becoming visible in the late twilight. I have been able to see Venus from 15 minutes after sunset and it is easily seen 60 minutes after sunset. Venus is coming closer to Mars in the mid-twilight and is in front of the Beehive cluster on the 3rd. You will require binoculars to see this. Just find Venus and the cluster will be visible in binoculars.
Mars is visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is coming closer to Venus.
Saturn is now rising well around 8pm. It is still best in the morning sky and is easily seen near Jupiter above the north-western horizon.
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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# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:25 pm 
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