Thursday August 22 to Thursday August 29

The Last Quarter Moon is Monday, August 26. Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight.  Saturn enters the evening sky around 7:00 pm, and is now a decent telescopic object in the late evening. Mars and Jupiter continue to draw apart as Mars passes between the tips  the horns of Taurus the Bull. On the 27th the waning moon forms  line with Jupiter and Mars and on the 28th the waning Moon forms a triangle with the pair.

The Last Quarter Moon is Monday, August 26.

Western evening sky on Saturday, August 24 as seen from Adelaide at 18:46 ACST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).   

Venus is readily visible now and climbing higher in the twilight.

 

 

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

 

The eastern sky at 22:00 ACST Saturday, August 24 with Saturn now reasonably high above the horizon for viewing.

 

The inset shows the telescopic view at the time. (click to embiggen).

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

Morning sky on Wednesday, August 28 as seen from Adelaide at 05:48 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise), Mars and Jupiter are close below the red star Aldebaran. The Moon form a triangle with the pair and is close to the bright star Elnath.

 

The inset is the telescope view of the Jupiter at this time. 

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).

 

Whole sky on Saturday, August 24 as seen from Adelaide at 19:11 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Scorpius is at the zenith with the heart of the milky way below it. The Southern Cross is still prominent in the Southern sky. Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are a wealth of binocular objects to discover.  Saturn is just peeking over the horizon.

 

 

   

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

 

 

Mercury is lost in the twilight.

Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight.

Mars is rising in the morning sky and near Jupiter. The pair continue to draw apart as Mars passes between the tips  the horns of Taurus the Bull. On the 27th the waning moon forms  line with Jupiter and Mars and on the 28th the waning Moon forms a triangle with them.

Jupiter is rising in the the morning twilight sky. Jupiter is below the red star Aldebaran. On the 27th the waning moon forms  line with Jupiter and Mars and on the 28th the waning Moon forms a triangle with them.

Saturn climbs higher in the late evening sky.

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/