Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Thursday March 13 to Thursday March 20
The Full Moon is Friday March 14. Earth is at equinox on the 20th. Jupiter and Mars are visible in the evening sky. Jupiter is
past opposition and is visible all evening long. Mars is high in the
early evening sky. Look for the constellation Corona Borealis in the morning skies, the blaze star T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) may go Nova soon.
The Full Moon is Friday March 14. The Moon s at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth on the 18th. Earth is at equinox on the 20th, when day and night are equal lengths.
If you look to the North at astronomical twilight (90 minutes before sunrise), you will see a prominent bright orange star, Arcturus, if you look downwards and to the right you will see a dainty circlet of stars. Corona Borealis, the northern crown. The blaze star T CrB is located on the right-hand side to the circlet, where the line of stars turns down, there are no other bright stars in the region, so when it erupts it will be easily visible.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the evening twilight.
Venus is lost in the twilight.
Mars is high in the evening sky. Mars was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on January the 16th.
Jupiter is high in the the north-western evening sky when the sky is fully dark.
Saturn is lost in the twilight.
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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