Monday, November 28, 2022
Thursday December 1 to Thursday December 8
First Quarter Moon is Thursday December 1, Full Moon is Thursday December 8. Jupiter is easy to see as brightest object in the evening sky aside from the Moon and is close to the waxing Moon on the 2nd. Mars is now rising well before midnight, and is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 8th. Mercury and Venus climb higher in the evening twilight.
First Quarter Moon is Thursday December 1, Full Moon is Thursday December 8.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (30 minutes after sunset).
Mars is at opposition, when is at its biggest and brightest as seen from Earth. The Full Moon is The inset is the telescopic view at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Saturn forms a line with iota, delta and gamma Capricornii with Jupiter to the north. The waxing Moon is close to Jupiter.
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 sinking in the western horizon with the teapot of Sagittarius above. The low altitude makes the clusters of Sagittarius hard to make out.
The Scorpions foe, Orion the Hunter, is rising in the east.
Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover but the moons light interferes substantially.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury climbs out of the twilight.
Venus climbs out of the twilight.
Mars forms a triangle the bright stars Elnath and Zeta Taurii, the tips of the horns of the Bull, but is now moving up the horns back towards red Aldebaran. Mars is is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 8th, with the Full Moon below.
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 evening. Jupiter is close to the waxing Moon on the 2nd.
Saturn forms a line with iota, delta and gamma Capricornii. Saturn was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 15th of August. Saturn is close to the crescent Moon on the 29th.
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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