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Thursday July 31 to Thursday August 7
The First Quarter Moon is Friday August 1. The Lunar X is visible at this time. Occulation of bright star 2 Scoripii on the 3rd. Mars very close to Beta Virginis as it enters Virgo. Lupi and Nova V572 Velorum are fading but still visible in binoculars. Saturn is rising before midnight.Venus and Jupiter are visible in the morning twilight and are drawing closer. Venus is below bright Aldebaran and close to the stars eta Geminorum on the 3rd.
The First Quarter Moon is Friday August 1. The Moon is at apogee on the 2nd. The Lunar X is visible on the 1st
| Date | UT | AEST | ACST | AWST |
| Aug 1 | 10:57 | 20:57 | 20:17 | 18:57 |
Venus forms a triangle with Aldebaran and Betelgeuse with Jupiter below just above the horizon.
Venus is also very close to the bright star eta Geminorum
The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Jupiter at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Nova V462 Lupi is roughly magnitude 7.7 and is visible in binoculars in the constellation of Lupus the wolf, above the constellation of Scorpius. The inset is the approximate binocular view. The nova is marked with circle. Increasing moonlight will make it harder to find.
For printable charts and viewing guides see my Nova V462 Lupi page.
The South-western sky on the evening of Saturday, August 2 as seen from Adelaide at 18:58 ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Nova V572 Velorum is roughly magnitude 6.7 and is visible in binoculars in the constellation of Vela the sail, below the Southern Cross and near the eta Carina Nebula. The inset is the approximate binocular view. The nova is marked with circle. Nova V462 Lupi is near the top of the image.
For printable charts and viewing guides see my Nova V572 Velorum page.
| Date | UT | AEST | ACST | AWST |
| Aug 1 | 10:57 | 20:57 | 20:17 | 18:57 |
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (see table above).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.
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 lowering in the morning twilight. Venus forms a triangle with Aldebaran and Betelgeuse with Jupiter below just above the horizon.
Mars is lowering in the evening sky and Mars is very close to Beta Virginis as it enters Virgo.
Jupiter climbs in the morning twilight below Venus.
Saturn is lowering in the morning sky and is rising before midnight.
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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