Monday, October 10, 2022
Thursday October 13 to Thursday October 20
The Last Quarter Moon is Tuesday, October 18. 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 as brightest object in the evening sky aside from the Moon. Mars is between the bright stars Elnath and Zeta Taurii, the tips of the horns of the Bull. On the morning of the 15th the waning Moon forms a triangle with Mars and Elnath.
The Last Quarter Moon is Tuesday, October 18. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 17th.
Morning sky on Saturday, October 15 as seen from Adelaide at 05:16 ACDST (90 minutes before sunrise). Mars is between the bright stars Elnath and Zeta Taurii. The waning Moon forms a triangle with Mars and Elnath.
Mars is rising around 11 :30 am non-daylight saving time (00:30 daylight saving time) but is best seen in the morning.
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 (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 bright stars Elnath and Zeta Taurii, the tips of the horns of the Bull. The waning Moon forms a triangle with Mars and Elnath on the 15th.
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.
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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