Astroblog: Thursday November 21 to Thursday November 28

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Thursday November 21 to Thursday November 28

The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday November 23. In the evening Venus is in the "Handle" of the Teapot of Sagittarius. Mercury begins to sink back to the horizon. Saturn is in the north western sky. Jupiter is now visible in the evening sky along with Saturn and Venus. In the morning Mars and Jupiter continue to draw apart. Mars comes close to the Beehive cluster on the 28th.

The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday November 23.

Western evening sky on Friday, November 22 as seen from Adelaide at 21:09 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 "handle" of the "teapot" of Sagittarius. Mercury is below and beginning to sink towards the horizon.

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).

The north-western sky at 21:48 ACDST Saturday, November 23 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 Saturday, November 23 as seen from Adelaide at 21:48 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is rising in the east.

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 (90 minutes after sunset).

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).

Northern morning sky on Thursday, November 28 as seen from Adelaide at 04:52 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise), Mars and Jupiter form a line with the red star Aldebaran. Mars is close to the iconic Beehive cluster. The inset is the binocular view 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, November 23 as seen from Adelaide at 21:48 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Jupiter is rising in the east Saturn is now above the north-western horizon as Venus is above the western horizon and Mercury is setting. Scorpius is setting in the west with the heart of the milky way now below the zenith. Orion the hunter is rising in the east. The Southern Cross is low in the Southern sky. The moon is rising later and the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming easier 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 "Handle" of the Teapot.

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 beehive on the 28th.

Jupiter is now in the evening rising when the sky is fully dark but is best in the morning. Jupiter is below the red star Aldebaran forming a line with Mars.

Saturn is lowering 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/

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