Astroblog: Thursday October 5 to Thursday October 12

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Thursday October 5 to Thursday October 12

The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday, October 7. Mars is lost in twilight. Saturn is visible in the evening sky. Saturn is past opposition, but still bright and a good telescope object. Jupiter is rising before midnight but is still best in the morning sky. Venus climbs higher in the morning twilight and is close to the bright star Regulus with the crescent Moon below.

The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday, October 7. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 10th.

Evening sky on Saturday, October 7 as seen from Adelaide at 20:49 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Saturn is above the north-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 (90 minutes after sunset).

Evening sky on Saturday, October 7 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACDST. Jupiter is above 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 (an hour before local midnight).

Morning sky on Wednesday, October 11 as seen from Adelaide at 05:44 ACDST, (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Venus is rising higher in the morning twilight. Venus is closest to the bright star Regulus with the crescent Moon below. 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, Saturday, October 7 as seen from Adelaide at 20:49 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Saturn is rising in the east.

Scorpius and Sagittarius are readily visible below 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 lost in the morning twilight.

Venus is closest to the bright star Regulus with the crescent Moon below.

Mars is lost in the twilight.

Jupiter is rising before midnight but is still prominent in the morning sky.

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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