Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Thursday April 17 to Thursday April 24
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday April 21. Jupiter and Mars are visible in the evening sky. Jupiter forms a line with the stars Aldebaran and Elnath and sets mid evening. Mars is high in the early evening sky forming a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux. Look for the constellation Corona Borealis in the morning skies, the blaze star T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) may go Nova eventually. Saturn, Venus and Mercury are visible in the morning twilight. Mercury is close to Neptune on the 17th and 18th and at its highest on the 22nd.
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday April 21.
Saturn is visible in the twilight forming a triangle with Mercury and Venus. Mercury is close to Uranus
The inset is the binocular view of Mercury and Uranus at this time. (click to embiggen).
Saturn is visible in the twilight close to Venus with Mercury below. The waning moon is above making a nice lineup.
The inset is the telescope view of Venus at this time. (click to embiggen).
If you look to the North at astronomical twilight (90 minutes before sunrise), you will see a prominent bright white star, Vega, if you look northwest 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. Viewing tips at my T CrB post.
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 climbs higher in the morning twilight. Mercury is close to Neptune on the 17th and 18th and at its highest on the 22nd.
Venus climbs higher in the morning twilight. It forms a pair with Saturn.
Mars is high in the evening sky. Mars forms a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux.
Jupiter is sinking in the the north-western evening sky when the sky is fully dark. Jupiter forms a line with the stars Aldebaran and Elnath.
Saturn is rising in the morning the twilight. It forms a pair with Venus.
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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