Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Thursday October 7 to Thursday October 14
The First Quarter Moon is Wednesday, October 13. Three bright planets are seen in the early evening sky. Venus is readily visible in the early evening sky and is close to the bright star delta Scorpii on the 9th. On the 10th Venus, the crescent Moon and the bright star Antares from a triangle. Saturn and Jupiter are visible in the evening sky with Jupiter
dominating once Venus has set. The First Quarter Moon forms a line with Jupiter and Saturn on the 13th and the waxing Moon is close to Saturn on the 14th.
The First Quarter Moon is Wednesday, October 13. The Moon is at Perigee, when it is closest to the earth, on the 9th.
Evening twilight sky on Saturday, October 9 looking west as seen from Adelaide at 20:52 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset). Venus is close to the bright star delta Scorpii with the crescent Moon below.
The inset shows the telescopic view of Venus at this time. Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
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 (90 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the twilight.
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 over 2 hours 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 north-eastern horizon. Venus is below the head of the Scorpion making a rather beautiful sight in the early evening.
Jupiter is now rising before sunset and is readily visible when the sky is fully dark. Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the sky. Jupiter was at Opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth on August the 19th, and is still excellent in even small telescopes. The First Quarter Moon forms a line with Jupiter and Saturn on the 13th.
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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