Thursday July 13 to Thursday July 20

The New Moon is Tuesday, July 18.  Saturn is now rising round 8:30 pm native time. Jupiter is distinguished within the morning sky. Venus is distinguished from the night twilight to early night. On the 15^th Venus, the brilliant star Regulus and Mars make an
engaging line up with Venus and Mars nearly equidistant from Regulus. Venus is at its closest to Regulus on on the 18th. On the nineteenth Mercury is close to the skinny crescent Moon.

The New Moon is Tuesday, July 18. The Moon is at apogee, when it’s furthest from the Earth, on the twentieth. 

Night
sky on Saturday, July 15 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST, Saturn is properly above the japanese horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn presently.

Comparable views can be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time.

Morning sky on Saturday, July 15 as seen from Adelaide at 05:52 ACST, (90 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon close to the Hyades and Pleiades with the Moon shut by. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter presently. 

Comparable views can be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal native time (90 minutes earlier than dawn).

Night sky on Saturday, July 15 as seen from Adelaide at 18:55 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Venus, Mars and the brilliant star Regulus are roughly equidistant. The inset is the telescopic view of Venus presently.

Night sky on Thursday, July 20 as seen from Adelaide at 18:23 ACST, 60 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Mars, Venus and Regulus make a pretty lineup with the Moon and Mercury under, you will want a degree, unobscured horizon to see Mercury at its finest.

Comparable views can be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time (60 minutes after sundown). 

 

Entire sky on Saturday, July 15 as seen from Adelaide at 18:55 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Mars is seen above the north western horizon close to the brilliant star Regulus and Venus is just under.

Scorpius is quickly seen in within the east.

Between the brilliant star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are one other wealth of binocular objects to
uncover. With the Moon new it will likely be a superb time to see them.

   

 Elsewhere
in Australia will see the same view on the equal time (90 minutes after sundown).

 

Mercury returns to the night twilight and is near the skinny crescent Moon on the nineteenth. You’ll need a degree, unobscured horizon to see see them at their finest.

Venus is coming near the brilliant star Regulus. On the 15^th Venus, Regulus and Mars make an
engaging line up with Venus and Mars nearly equidistant from Regulus. Venus is at its closest to Regulus on on the 18th.

Mars is leaving Regulus and Venus behind. On the 15^th Venus, Regulus and Mars make an
engaging line up with Venus and Mars nearly equidistant from Regulus.

Jupiter is distinguished within the morning sky.

Saturn climbs increased within the morning skies and is rising round 8:30 pm native time.

Labels: weekly sky

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 10:43 pm