Astroblog: Thursday May 25 to Thursday June 1

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Thursday May 25 to Thursday June 1

The First Quarter Moon is Sunday, May 28. Saturn is now rising just after local midnight and is high in the morning sky above the pair of Jupiter and Mercury. Venus is prominent in the late evening twilight. On the 25th Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line. On the 30th Venus forms a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux. On June 1 Mars is on the outskirts of the Beehive open cluster.

The First Quarter Moon is Sunday, May 28. The Moon is at Apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 26th.

Morning sky on Saturday, May 27 as seen from Adelaide at 05:42 ACST, (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is high in the sky above Jupiter and Mercury. The inst is the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise).

Evening sky on Thursday, May 25 as seen from Adelaide at 18:44 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

Evening sky on Tuesday, May 30 as seen from Adelaide at 18:42 ACST, (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Venus form a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux. The telescopic view of Venus is shown in the inset.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (80 minutes after sunset).

Evening sky on Thursday, June 1 as seen from Adelaide at 18:44 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Mars is on the outskirts of the Beehive cluster (M44). The inset is the binocular view of Mars and the cluster.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

Whole sky on Saturday, May 27 as seen from Adelaide at 18:43 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Mars is visible above the north western horizon and Venus is setting in the west.The waxing Moon is high above the northern horizon.

Orion the Hunter, is very low above the western horizon while Sirius is still prominent low in the western sky. Scorpius is rising in the east

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 climbs higher in the morning twilight, and is just below Jupiter. As the week goes on the pair climb higher in the morning twilight.

Venus climbs still higher in the twilight. On the 25th Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line. On the 30th Venus forms a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux.

Mars On the 25th Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line. On June 1 Mars is on the outskirts of the Beehive open cluster.

Jupiter is prominent in the morning sky, with Mercury below it. As the week goes on the pair climb higher in the morning twilight.

Saturn climbs higher in the morning skies and is rising just after local midnight.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.

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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