Thursday August 11 to Thursday August 18
The Full Moon is Friday, August 12. Four bright classical planets in a line in the morning sky, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. Venus is becoming harder to see in the twilight Jupiter is now readily visible in the late evening sky below Saturn and is close to the Moon on the 15th.. Saturn is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 15th and close to the full Moon on the 12th. Mercury is easier to see in the evening twilight.
The Full Moon is Friday, August 12. The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on the 11th.
Morning sky on Saturday, August 13 as seen from Adelaide at 06:19 ACST (45 minutes before sunrise). Venus is lowering in the twilight
The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Mars at the same magnification at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes before sunrise. click to embiggen).
Evening sky on Monday August 15 as seen from Adelaide at 22:00 am ACST.
Saturn is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth. Saturn also forms a triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii.
Jupiter is just above the horizon and is within binocular distance of the waning Moon.
The insets are the telescopic views of Saturn and Jupiter at the same magnification at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.
Evening sky on Thursday, August 4 as seen from Adelaide at 18:36 pm ACST (60 minutes after sunset).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, August 13, 19:05 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). The Milky Way stretches across the mid-sky and the centre of the galaxy is prominent. Mercury and Saturn are both visible.
Scorpius is prominent above the northern horizon with the teapot of Sagittarius below. From the Sting of the Scorpion through the teapot there is a wealth of binocular objects to discover.
Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover. However the waxing Moon will make these harder to see.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is visible above the western horizon higher in the twilight.
Venus is lowering in the morning twilight.
Mars forms a line with Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus (and Uranus and Neptune).
Jupiter climbs higher in the morning twilight below Saturn and above Mars. Jupiter becomes more visible in the evening sky low above the horizon and is visited by the Moon on the 15th/16th.
Saturn climbs away from Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. Saturn forms a triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii. Saturn is near the Full Moon on the 12th. Saturn is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 15th.
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/
Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2022/08/thursday-august-11-to-thursday-august-18.html
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