Thursday November 14 to Thursday November 21

The Full Moon is Saturday November 16.  In the evening Venus is in Sagittarius and is in the "Lid" of the Teapot and close to the globular cluster M22 on the 19th.  Mercury leaves Scorpius behind. Saturn is in the north western sky. The waning Moon is close to Jupiter on the late evening of the 17th. In the morning Mars and Jupiter continue to draw apart. The waning Moon is close to Mars on the 21st.

The Full Moon is Saturday November 16. The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on the 14th.

Western evening sky on Sunday, November 17 as seen from Adelaide at 21:04 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).   

Venus is readily visible and is now visible when the sky is fully dark. Venus is in the "lid" of the "teapot" of Sagittarius. Mercury is below and Leaving Scorpius behind. 

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 after sunset).

 

 Western evening sky on Tuesday, November 19 as seen from Adelaide at 21:43 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).   

Venus is close to the the Globular cluster M22 (in brackets). The inset is the binocular view at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

  

The northern sky at 21:39 ACDST Saturday, November 16 as seen from Adelaide (90 minutes after sunset).

 

Saturn is past opposition and is visible all evening long. The inset shows the telescopic view of Saturn at this time. (click to embiggen).

 

 

 

 

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

Eastern evening sky on Sunday, November 17 as seen from Adelaide at 23:30 ACDST , Jupiter is close to the waning Moon.

 

The inset is the telescope view of the Jupiter at this time.  (click to embiggen).

 

 

 

 

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

 

Northern morning sky on Thursday, November 21 as seen from Adelaide at 04:54 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise), Mars and Jupiter form a line with the red star Aldebaran.  Mars is close to the waning Moon.

 

 

 

 

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

Whole sky on Saturday, November 16 as seen from Adelaide at 21:39 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Saturn is now above the northern horizon as Venus sets on the western horizon. Scorpius is now setting in the west with the heart of the milky way now below the zenith. The Southern Cross is low in the Southern sky.  The moon is Full and the fainter clusters and nebula are difficult to see.

 

 

   

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

 

 

Mercury is visible in the evening  twilight below Venus.

Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight. Venus is in Sagittarius and is in the "Lid" of the Teapot and close to the globular cluster M22 on the 19th.

Mars is rising in the morning sky and near Jupiter. The pair continue to draw apart as as Mars passes into Cancer. Mars is close to the waning Moon on the 21st.

Jupiter is rising in the the morning twilight sky. Jupiter is below the red star Aldebaran forming a line with Mars. Jupiter is now rising before midnight but is best in the morning. The waning Moon is close to Jupiter on the 17th.

Saturn is high in the evening sky. Saturn is visible all night long.

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/