Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Thursday March 2 to Thursday March 9
The Full Moon is Tuesday, March 7. Jupiter and Venus are at their closest on the 2nd, then Jupiter descends into the twilight. Mercury and Saturn are close together low in the morning twilight on the 3rd. Bright Mars, the red star Aldebaran and the star Elnath form a line.
The Full Moon is Tuesday, March 7. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on March 4
Morning
sky on Friday, March 3 as seen from Adelaide at 06:23 ACDST, (45 minutes before sunrise, click
to embiggen). Mercury is low to the horizon and close to Saturn.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (45 minutes before sunrise).
Evening sky on Thursday, March 2 as seen from Adelaide at 20:51 ACDST, (60 minutes after sunset, click
to embiggen). Venus is low above the horizon and at it's closest to Jupiter. You will need a low, unobstructed horizon to see the pair at their best.
The inset shows the binocular view of Venus and Jupiter at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (60 minutes after sunset).
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.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is low in the morning twilight. On the 3rd Saturn is about 1 degree from Mercury deep in the twilight.
Venus climbs higher in the twilight and is closest to Jupiter on the 2nd.
Mars the red star Aldebaran and the star Elnath form a line .
Jupiter is now sinking to the west in the late evening sky. Jupiter is coming close to Venus and the pair are at their closest on the 2nd.
Saturn enters the morning skies. On the 3rd Saturn is about 1 degree from Mercury deep in the twilight. You will need a level, unobstructed horizon and binoculars to see the pair at their best.
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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