Monday, August 23, 2021
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The Last Quarter Moon is Monday, August 30. Venus is readily visible in the evening twilight. Mercury continues to rise in the twilight. Mercury, Venus and the bright star Spica from a line in the late evening twilight. Saturn and Jupiter are visible in the evening sky. Venus is seen in the west and Jupiter in the east when the sky is fully dark.
Evening twilight sky on Saturday, August 28 looking north-west as seen from
Adelaide
at 18:49 ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Venus is high above the horizon with Mercury low on the horizon. Mercury, Venus and the bright star Spica from a line in the late evening twilight. Mercury is close to the star Beta Virginis.
Evening sky on Saturday, August 28 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 19:18 pm ACST (90 minutes after sunset).
Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the evening sky. Jupiter was at Opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth on the 19th.
Whole sky at 19:18 ACST (90 minutes after sunset), on Saturday, August 28 as seen from Adelaide.
Mars is lost in the twilight.
Jupiter is now above the eastern horizon around 6 pm. Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the sky. Jupiter was at Opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth on the 19th, and is still excellent in even small telescopes.
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 Monday, August 30. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the earth, on the 30th.
The insets show the telescopic view of Venus at this time. Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
The insets shows the telescopic views of Jupiter and Saturn at this time at the same scale.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset). click to embiggen.
Mercury continues to climb rapidly in the twilight. Mercury, Venus and Spica make a line in the late evening twilight. Mercury is close to the brightish star Beta Virginis on the28th.
Venus is visible in the early evening when the sky is fully dark. I have been able to see Venus from just after sunset and it is easily seen up to 90 minutes after sunset, longer if you have a clear western horizon. When the sky is fully dark you can see Venus above the western horizon and bright Jupiter above the eastern horizon.
Venus is visible in the early evening when the sky is fully dark. I have been able to see Venus from just after sunset and it is easily seen up to 90 minutes after sunset, longer if you have a clear western horizon. When the sky is fully dark you can see Venus above the western horizon and bright Jupiter above the eastern horizon.
Mars is lost in the twilight.
Jupiter is now above the eastern horizon around 6 pm. Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the sky. Jupiter was at Opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth on the 19th, and is still excellent in even small telescopes.
Saturn is now rising around 4:00 pm (before sunrise). Saturn was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on August 2nd. But it is still is an excellent time for telescopic observation.
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 @ 9:49 pm 
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