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Monday, July 05, 2021

 

Thursday July 8 to Thursday July 15

The New Moon is Saturday, July 10.  Mercury rises higher in the morning sky and is close to the crescent Moon on the 8th. Venus is readily visible in the evening twilight and is coming closer to Mars. Venus is close to Mars and the thin crescent Moon on the 12th. Venus and Mars are at their closest on the 13th.  Saturn and Jupiter are visible late in the evening sky.

The New Moon is Saturday, July 10.

Evening sky on Saturday, 
July 10 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 22:00 pm ACST (just before midnight). Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the late evening sky

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The insets shows the telescopic views of Jupiter and Saturn at this time. 
 
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (just before midnight), click to embiggen.
 
Whole sky at 18:50 ACST  (90 minutes after sunset), on Saturday, July 10 as seen from 
Adelaide
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset). click to embiggen.
 
Evening twilight sky on Monday, July 12 looking north-west as seen from Adelaide at 18:20 ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Venus is low above the horizon. Venus is close to Mars and the thin crescent Moon.





 Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).

Evening twilight sky on Tuesday, July 13 looking north-west as seen from Adelaide at 18:20 ACST (60 minutes after sunset). Venus is low above the horizon. Venus is closest to Mars at this time and the pair form a triangle with the Moon and bright star Regulus.
The inset shows the approximate binocular view of Venus and Mars at this time 


 Similar views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Morning twilight sky at 6:24 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise), on Thursday, July 8 facing east as seen from Adelaide. 
 
Mercury is visible below the bright star Aldebaran and close to the thin crescent Moon. Mercury is also almost on top of the star Zeta Tauri, the inset shows the telescopic view of Mercury at this time.
 
 
 Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time  (60 minutes before sunrise)
 

Mercury is prominent in the morning twilight this week, rising below the bright star Aldebaran, and is now easy to see an hour before sunrise. On the 8th the thin crescent Moon is close to Mercury.

Venus is visible in the late twilight.  I have been able to see Venus from 15 minutes after sunset and it is easily seen 60 minutes after sunset.  Venus is coming closer to Mars and is closest on the 13th. Venus, Mars and the thin crescent moon make a very attractive sight on the 12th.

Mars is visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is coming closer to Venus and is closest on the 13th.Venus, Mars and the thin crescent moon make a very attractive sight on the 12th.
   
Jupiter is now above the eastern horizon well before midnight. . 
 
 Saturn is now rising well around 8pm.  It is still best in the morning sky and is easily seen near Jupiter above the north-western horizon
 
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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