Astroblog: Thursday November 5 to Thursday November 12

Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Thursday November 5 to Thursday November 12

The New Moon is Monday November 9. Saturn is past opposition, but still magnificent in telescopes in the evening. In the morning. Mars and Jupiter are in the "sickle" of Leo close to the bright star Regulus. Mars and Jupiter come closer over the week. This week they are joined by Venus and the bright star Spica low in the morning twilight.

The New Moon is Monday November 9.

North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, November 7 as seen from Adelaide at 5:23 ACDST (45 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).

Saturn has set in the western horizon.

Venus and Spica are close low above the horizon

Mars forms a line with Jupiter and the bright star Regulus. The pair are in the "sickle" of Leo and come closer over the week ahead of a spectacular meeting next week.

The insets shows the telescopic view of Mars, Jupiter and Venus at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (45 minutes before sunrise).

North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Tuesday, November 10 as seen from Adelaide at 5:23 ACDST (45 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).

Saturn has set.

Venus and Spica are at their closest close low above the horizon

Mars forms a line with Jupiter and the bright star Regulus. The pair are in the "sickle" of Leo and are closer ahead of a spectacular meeting next week.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (45 minutes before sunrise).

North-eastern horizon on the evening of Saturday, November 7 as seen from Adelaide at 21:26 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Saturn is the brightest object above the eastern horizon. Saturn is past opposition, but is still a magnificent telescopic sight.

The inset shows the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.

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

Whole sky on Saturday, November 7 as seen from Adelaide at 21:26 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Scorpius, and the core of the Milky way are sinking to the west. Scorpius forms an inverted question mark above the western horizon. Orion the hunter, Scorpious's nemesis rises on the eastern horizon.

The Pointers are low in the Southern sky as the Southern Cross is almost above the Southern horizon. The Moon is almost new and the fainter clusters and nebula are easily seen.

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

Mercury is lost in the the evening twilight.

Venus enters the morning twilight close to Spica.

Mars is low in the twilight not far from Jupiter. The pair come closer over the week ahead of a spectacular meeting nest week.

Jupiter climbs higher the morning twilight but remains low on the horizon forming a line with Mars and the bright star Regulus. The pair are in the "Sickle" of Leo.

Saturn Saturn was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on October the 4th. Saturn is the brightest object above the north-eastern horizon.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm ACDST, Western sky at 10 pm ACDST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see the monthly sky roundup.

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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