Monday, September 19, 2022
Thursday September 22 to Thursday September 29
The New Moon is Monday, September 26. The Earth is at Equinox on the 23rd. Three bright classical planets from a long line in the early morning sky, Saturn and Jupiter low in the west, and Mars to the north. Jupiter is now easy to see in the evening sky and is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 27th. Mars is between the red star Aldebaran and the the bright star Elnath. Mercury is lost to view.
The New Moon is Monday, September 26. The Earth is at Equinox on the 23rd.
Morning sky on Saturday, September 24 as seen from Adelaide at 04:39 ACST (90 minutes before sunrise). Mars is between the red star Aldebaran and the the bright star Elnath.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise. click to embiggen).
Evening sky on Tuesday, September 27 as seen from Adelaide at 19:46 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen).
Saturn forms a shallow triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii with Jupiter below. Jupiter is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth. Jupiter is visible all night.
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 (90 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, September 24, 19:38 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). The Milky Way stretches across the mid-sky and the centre of the galaxy is prominent. Saturn and Jupiter are both visible.
Scorpius is prominent above the north-western 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 lost in the twilight.
Venus is lost in the twilight.
Mars is between the red star Aldebaran and the the bright star Elnath.
Jupiter climbs higher in the late evening sky and is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 27th. Jupiter is visible all night.
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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