Astroblog: Thursday November 2 to Thursday November 9

Monday, October 30, 2023

Thursday November 2 to Thursday November 9

The Last Quarter Moon is Sunday, November 5. Saturn is highest in the northern evening sky around 9 p.m. local time. Jupiter is rising around astronomical twilight and is now well visible in the late evening sky. Jupiter is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 3rd.Venus is high in the morning twilight but is beginning to head towards the horizon.

The Last Quarter Moon is Sunday, November 5.The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 7th.

Evening sky on Saturday, November 4 as seen from Adelaide at 21:13 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Saturn is above the northern horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.

The bright satellite Titan is close to Saturn, making a nice view.

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

Evening sky on Friday, November 3 as seen from Adelaide at 21:20 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset). Jupiter is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter at this time.

Io and its shadow are passing over Jupiter at this time and Io will exit Jupiter's disk in around 40 minutes.

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

Morning sky on Thursday, November 9 as seen from Adelaide at 05:06 ACDST, (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Venus is beginning to lower in the morning twilight. 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 (60 minutes before sunrise).

Whole sky on Saturday, November 4 as seen from Adelaide at 21:22 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Saturn is high in the north, and Jupiter is rising in the east.

Scorpius is setting and Sagittarius is readily visible below the zenith heading towards the western horizon.

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 lost in the morning twilight.

Venus is high in the morning twilight, it will now sink towards the horizon but will remain easily visible for all of November.

Mars is lost in the twilight.

Jupiter rises around astronomical twilight and is now well visible in the late evening sky. It is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 3rd.

Saturn is past opposition but is still bright and a worthwhile telescopic object.

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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