Astroblog: Thursday August 10 to Thursday August 17

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Thursday August 10 to Thursday August 17

The New Moon is Wednesday, August 16. Saturn is now rising around 7:00 pm local time. Jupiter is prominent in the morning sky. Venus is lost in the twilight. Mercury is now prominent in the twilight and is at its closest to Mars between the 10th and the 16th.

The New Moon is Wednesday, August 16. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 16th.

Evening sky on Saturday, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 21:00 ACST, Saturn is above the eastern horizon. 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, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 05:34 ACST, (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon near the Hyades and Pleiades. The thin crescent Moon is low to the horizon. 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, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 18:38 ACST, 60 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Venus is lost in the twilight. Mercury is closing in on Mars. The inset is the telescopic view of Mercury at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).

Whole sky on Saturday, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 19:03 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Mars is visible low above the north western horizon close to Mercury. Saturn is just rising in the east.

Scorpius and Sagittarius are readily visible near the zenith.

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 now prominent in the twilight and comes closer to Mars.

Venus is lost in the twilight.

Mars is dimming, Mercury is coming closer for a meeting later in the month.

Jupiter is prominent in the morning sky.

Saturn is now rising around 7:00 pm local time.

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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