Astroblog: Thursday November 28 to Thursday December 5

Monday, November 25, 2024

Thursday November 28 to Thursday December 5

The New Moon is Sunday December 1. In the evening Venus leaves Sagittarius behind and is close to the thin crescent moon on December 5. Mercury is lost in the twilight. Saturn is in the north western sky coming closer to Venus. Jupiter is now visible in the evening sky along with Saturn and Venus. In the morning Mars and Jupiter continue to draw apart. Mars is close to the Beehive cluster from the 30th November to 3rd December.

The New Moon is Sunday December 1.

Western evening sky on Thursday, December 5 as seen from Adelaide at 21:23 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).

Venus is readily visible and is now visible when the sky is fully dark. Venus is leaving Sagittarius behind and is close to the thin crescent moon.

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 21:57 ACDST Saturday, November 30 as seen from Adelaide (90 minutes after sunset).

Saturn is past opposition and is visible all evening long. Saturn is coming closer to Venus. 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 30 as seen from Adelaide at 21:57 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 Saturday, November 30 as seen from Adelaide at 04:51 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 30 as seen from Adelaide at 21:57 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Jupiter is rising in the east Saturn is now above the north-western horizon and coming closer to Venus . as the tails of Scorpius disappears in the west . Orion the hunter is rising in the east. The Southern Cross is low in the Southern sky. The moon is new and the fainter clusters and nebula are easy to see.

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

Mercury is lost in the twilight.

Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight. Venus leaves Sagittarius behind is coming closer to Saturn.

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 from November 30th to December 5.

Jupiter is rising in the the evening sky 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 coming closer to Venus. 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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