Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Thursday January 26 to Thursday February 2
The First Quarter Moon is Sunday January 29. Jupiter is easy to see as brightest object in the western evening sky aside from the Moon. The crescent Moon is close to Jupiter on the 26th. Bright Mars, the red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster form a triangle. This triangle is joined by the Moon on the 30th, and the Moon is close to Mars on the 31st. Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight, and soon will challenge Jupiter for brightest evening object when it leaves the twilight.
The First Quarter Moon is Sunday January 29.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes after sunset).
Evening sky on Monday, January 30 as seen from Adelaide at 22:05 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Mars, the red star Aldebaran and and the Pleiades cluster form a triangle. The waxing Moon is near the Pleiades. The following night it is near Mars.
Jupiter is seen low in the west
Mars was at opposition, when was at its biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on December the 8th, but is still an excellent sight. The insets are the telescopic views of Mars and Jupiter at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Between the bright star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to
discover.However the waxing Moon soon washes them out.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is low in the morning twilight.
Venus climbs higher in the twilight.
Mars the red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster form a triangle. This triangle is joined by the Moon on the 30th, and the Moon is close to Mars on the 31st.
Jupiter is now sinking to the west in the late evening sky. Jupiter is visible most of the evening (setting around 11 pm) and is the brightest object in the north-west to western sky.
Saturn Saturn is low in the west close Venus and sets in the twilight. This is the last week to see in (binoculars only) before it is lost in the twilight.
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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