Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Thursday June 24 to Thursday July 1
The Full Moon is Friday, June 25. Saturn and Jupiter are visible late in the evening sky and are visited by the waning Moon on the 27th and 28th, with lineups on the 26th and 29th. Venus is readily visible in the evening twilight and is coming closer to Mars. Mars is in front of the Beehive cluster on June 24. Mercury rises higher in the morning sky.
Evening sky on Sunday, June 27 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 with the waning Moon close to Saturn. On the 26th the Moon forms a line with the pair, on the 28th the Moon is close to Jupiter and on the 29th the three are in a line again.
Whole sky at 18:44 ACST (90 minutes after sunset), on Saturday, June 26 as seen from
Evening twilight sky on Thursday, June 24 looking north-west as seen from
Adelaide
at 18:44 ACST (90 minutes after sunset). Mars is in front of the Beehive cluster on the 24th. You will require binoculars to see this. The inset shows the approximate binocular view of mars and the beehive at this time
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (90minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Evening twilight sky on Saturday, June 26 looking north-west as seen from
Adelaide
at 18:13 ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Venus is low above the horizon. Venus is coming closer to Mars.
Morning twilight sky at 6:24 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise), on Saturday, June 26 facing east as seen from Adelaide.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is coming closer to Venus. Mars is in front of the Beehive cluster on the 24th. You will require binoculars to see this. Just find Mars and the cluster will be easily visible in binoculars.
Jupiter is now above the eastern horizon well before midnight. Jupiter is visited by the waning Moon on the 28th. On the 29th the line up is Saturn Jupiter and the Moon.
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 Full Moon is Friday, June 25.
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 (60minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Mercury is visible below the bright star Aldebaran.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes before sunrise)
Mercury returns to the morning twilight this week, rising below the bright star Aldebaran, and is now easy to see an hour before sunrise.
Venus is becoming more visible in the 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.
Venus is becoming more visible in the 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.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is coming closer to Venus. Mars is in front of the Beehive cluster on the 24th. You will require binoculars to see this. Just find Mars and the cluster will be easily visible in binoculars.
Jupiter is now above the eastern horizon well before midnight. Jupiter is visited by the waning Moon on the 28th. On the 29th the line up is Saturn Jupiter and the Moon.
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. Saturn is visited by the waning Moon on the 27th. On the 26th the line up is the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter.
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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