Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Thursday November 4 to Thursday November 11
The New Moon is Friday, November 5. Three bright planets are seen in the early evening sky. Venus is readily visible in the early evening sky, entering the lid of the teapot of Sagittarius on the 11th . Venus is in binocular range of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae on the 5th-9th. Saturn and Jupiter are visible in the evening sky with Jupiter
dominating once Venus has set. The crescent Moon is close to Venus on the 8th, between Venus and Saturn on the 9th, close to Saturn on the 10th and between Jupiter and Saturn on the 11th.
The New Moon is Friday, November 5. Perigee, when the Moon is closest to Earth, is November 6.
Evening sky on Monday, November 8 looking west as seen from Adelaide
at 21:27 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset). Venus is close to the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae and the Crescent Moon.
The insets shows the telescopic view of Venus at this time and the binocular view of Venus and the Trifid nebula. 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.
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. Venus is readily visible in the early evening sky, entering the lid of
the teapot of Sagittarius on the 11th. Venus is in binocular range of
the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae on the 5th-9th. The crescent Moon is close to Venus on the 8th, between Venus and Saturn on the 9th.
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.
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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