Astroblog: Thursday June 29 to Thursday July 6

Monday, June 26, 2023

Thursday June 29 to Thursday July 6

The Full Moon is Monday, July 3. Saturn is now rising around just before 10 pm local time and is close to the moon on the 6th. Jupiter is prominent in the morning sky. Venus is prominent from the evening twilight to early evening, is closest to Mars on the 1st and remains close for the rest of the week. Venus and Mars are both coming close to the bright star Regulus.

The Full Moon is Monday, July 3.The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on the 5th.

Evening sky on Thursday, July 6 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST, Saturn is just above the eastern horizon with the Moon above. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.

Morning sky on Saturday, July 1 as seen from Adelaide at 05:54 ACST, (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon near the Hyades and Pleiades. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter 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 Saturday, July 1 as seen from Adelaide at 18:45 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Venus, Mars and the bright star Regulus form a line. Venus is at its closest to Mars at this time. The inset is the telescopic view of Venus at this time.

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

Whole sky on Saturday, July 14 as seen from Adelaide at 18:45 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Mars is visible above the north western horizon and Venus is just below.

Sirius is still prominent low in the western sky. Scorpius is readily visible in in the east. with the waxing Moon near the bright star Antares.

Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover. With the Moon waxing it will be harder to see them.

Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.

Venus climbs still higher in the twilight coming closer to Mars. Venus is closest to Mars on the 1st and remains close for the rest of the week. Venus and Mars are both coming close to the bright star Regulus.

Mars and Venus come closer. Venus is closest to Mars on the 1st and remains close for the rest of the week. Venus and Mars are both coming close to the bright star Regulus.

Jupiter is prominent in the morning sky.

Saturn climbs higher in the morning skies and is rising just before 10 pm local time.Saturn is close to the Moon on the 6th.

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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