Monday, April 17, 2023
Thursday April 20 to Thursday April 27
The New Moon is Thursday, April 20. Solar Eclipse April 20, partial in most of Australia. Saturn is climbing in the morning twilight. Venus is prominent in the evening twilight and close to the crescent Moon on the 23rd. Venus starts the week below the Hyades cluster and ends the week making a triangle with Elnath and Zeta Taurii, the stars that make the horns of the Bull. Bright Mars is close to the crescent Moon the 26th.
The New Moon is Thursday, April 20. Solar Eclipse, partial in most of Australia.
Morning
sky on Saturday, April 22 as seen from Adelaide at 05:19 ACST, (90 minutes before sunrise, click
to embiggen). Saturn is below Capricorn.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise).
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).
On 20th April the Sun will be eclipsed at the very edge of Australia,
the path of totality will pass over the northwest cape in WA.
The rest of Australia sees a partial eclipse, with WA having the best
view, Broome and Geraldton see >80% of the Sun covered: Darwin 80%,
Perth 71%, Cairns 50%M Townsville 36% and Adelaide 21%. the partial
eclipse begins around 10 am local time WA, 12 pm central states and 1 pm
Eastern states.
Do NOT look directly at the Sun! Do not use so called filters. Over exposed film, smoked glass, CD's, chip packets etc. used as filters are NOT, repeat NOT safe. Only special solar-rated viewing spectacles from astronomical suppliers should be used or safe solar projection.
Links to timings for selected cities, charts and safe solar observing techniques can be found at my eclipse site.
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) although the ISS pass time may vary a bit.
Mercury returns to the morning twilight, but will be almost impossible to see.
Venus climbs higher in the twilight and is close to to the crescent Moon on the 23rd.
Mars is closest to the crescent Moon on the 26th.
Jupiter is now lost in the twilight.
Saturn climbs higher in the morning skies.
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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