Thursday July 27 to Thursday August 3

The Full Moon is Wednesday, August 2. This can be a perigee (“tremendous”) Moon. Saturn is now rising round 8:00 pm native time. On the third the Moon could be very near Saturn. Jupiter is distinguished within the morning sky. Venus is distinguished within the night twilight however is quickly heading in direction of the horizon. Telescopically Venus quickly will increase in measurement and its crescent thins. On the twenty ninth, Mercury could be very near the star Regulus. This is a superb time to catch this fleet planet.

The Full Moon is Wednesday, August 2. This can be a perigee (“tremendous”) Moon, the place the Moon is at its closest to Earth.

Night
sky on Thursday, August 3 as seen from Adelaide at 21:00 ACST, Saturn is above the jap horizon near the Moon. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn right now.

Related views shall be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time. 

 Morning sky on Saturday, July 29 as seen from Adelaide at 05:46 ACST, (90 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon close to the Hyades and Pleiades. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter right now. 

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

Night sky on Friday, July 21 as seen from Adelaide at 18:29 ACST, 60 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Venus is sinking in direction of the horizon. Mercury and the brilliant star Regulus are at their closest with Mars above. The insets are the telescopic view of Venus and Mercury right now.

Night sky on Wednesday, August 2 as seen from Adelaide at 18:32 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). The Full Moon is simply above the horizon, official full moon was at 5:00am on the 2nd and Perigee at 16:00.

Related views shall be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time (90 minutes after sundown).  

 

Complete sky on Saturday, July 29 as seen from Adelaide at 18:59 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Mars is seen above the north western horizon above the brilliant star Regulus and Venus is slightly below.

Scorpius is quickly seen close to the zenith.

Between the brilliant star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are one other wealth of binocular objects to
uncover. With the Moon close to full it should tough to see them.

   

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

 

Mercury climbs larger within the night twilight. On the twenty ninth, Mercury could be very near the star Regulus.

Venus is falling again in direction of the horizon.

Mars is leaving Regulus and Venus behind, Mercury is coming nearer for a gathering later within the month.

Jupiter is distinguished within the morning sky.

Saturn  is now rising round 8:00 pm native time. On the third the Moon could be very near Saturn.

Labels: weekly sky

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 1:11 am