Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Thursday September 29 to Thursday October 6
The First Quarter Moon is Monday, October 3. 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 was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 27th of September. The Moon is close to Saturn on the 5th. Mars is between the red star Aldebaran and the bright star Elnath. Daylight savings starts Sunday October 3.
The First Quarter Moon is Monday, October 3.The Moon is at Perigee, when it is closest to the earth, on the 5th.
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 waxing Moon is close to Saturn. 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).
Scorpius is prominent above the 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 was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 27th of September. 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.The Moon is close to Saturn on the 5th.
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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