Tuesday, November 09, 2021
Thursday November 11 to Thursday November 18
The First Quarter Moon is Thursday, November 11. Three bright planets are seen in the early evening sky. The Moon forms a line with Jupiter, Saturn and Venus on the 12th. Venus is readily visible in the early evening sky. From the 11th to the 16th Venus is in the lid of the teapot of Sagittarius and within binocular range of the bright globular cluster M22 from the 13th to the 17th. Saturn and Jupiter are visible in the western evening sky with Jupiter
dominating once Venus has set. The moon is between Saturn and Jupiter on the 11th.
The First Quarter Moon is Thursday, November 11.
The insets shows the telescopic view of Venus at this time and the binocular view of Venus the star that forms the lid of the "teapot" and M22. Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Evening sky on Friday November 12 showing the north-western sky as seen from Adelaide at 21:32 pm ACDST (90 minutes after sunset).
Venus, Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the evening sky with the waxing Moon close to Jupiter.
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.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar planetary line up that the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the morning 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 3 hours after sunset, longer if you have a clear western horizon. From the 11th to the 16th Venus is in the lid of the teapot of
Sagittarius and within binocular range of the bright globular cluster
M22 from the 13th the 17th.
Jupiter is rising before sunset and is readily visible when the sky is fully dark. Venus, 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 Moon is between Jupiter and Saturn on the 11th. and forms a line with Jupiter, Saturn and Venus on the 12th.
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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