Monday, September 12, 2022
Thursday September 15 to Thursday September 22
The Last Quarter Moon is Sunday, September 18. Three bright classical planets from a long line in the morning sky, Saturn and Jupiter low in the west, and Mars to the north. Mars is below the red star Aldebaran and the Hyades cluster. On the 17th the waning Moon, Mars and Aldebaran form a triangle. Jupiter is now readily visible in the late evening sky below Saturn. Mercury is rapidly sinking into the evening twilight this week and is lost to view by the weeks end.
The Last Quarter Moon is Sunday, September 18.The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 20th
Morning sky on Saturday, September 17 as seen from Adelaide at 04:48 ACST (90 minutes before sunrise). Mars is below the Hyades and the bright red star Aldebaran. The waning Moon, Mars and Aldebaran form a triangle.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise. click to embiggen).
Saturn forms a shallow triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii. with Jupiter below.
The insets are the telescopic views of Saturn and Jupiter at the same magnification at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, September 17, 19:32 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). The Milky Way stretches across the mid-sky and the centre of the galaxy is prominent. Mercury and Saturn are both visible.
Scorpius is prominent above the northern horizon with the teapot of Sagittarius below. From the Sting of the Scorpion through the teapot there is a wealth of binocular objects to discover.
Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is rapidly sinking into the evening twilight this week and is lost to view by the weeks end.
Venus is lost in the twilight.
Mars is below the Hyades and the red star Aldebaran. It is close to the waning Moon on the 17th
Jupiter climbs higher in the late evening sky.
Saturn forms a shallow triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii. Saturn was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 15th of August.
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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