Thursday August 3 to Thursday August 10

The Final Quarter Moon is Tuesday, August 8. Saturn is now rising round 7:30 pm native time. Jupiter is outstanding within the morning sky and is near the moon on the eighth and ninth. Venus low within the night twilight however is quickly heading in the direction of the horizon. Telescopically Venus quickly will increase in measurement and its crescent is wire skinny. Mercury is now outstanding within the twilight and comes nearer to Mars.

The Final Quarter Moon is Tuesday, August 8.

Night
sky on Saturday, August 5 as seen from Adelaide at 21:00 ACST, Saturn is above the japanese horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn presently.

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

Morning sky on Wednesday, August 9 as seen from Adelaide at 05:37 ACST, (90 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon close to the Hyades and Pleiades. The crescent Moon is between Jupiter and the Pleiades. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter presently. 

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

Night sky on Saturday, August as seen from Adelaide at 18:18 ACST, 45 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Venus is sinking in the direction of the horizon. Mercury is closing in on Mars. The insets are the telescopic view of Venus and Mercury presently.

Entire sky on Saturday, August 5 as seen from Adelaide at 19:03 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Mars is seen low above the north western horizon near Mercury.

Scorpius and Sagittarius are readily 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 waning it is going to be simpler to see them.

   

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

 

Mercury is now outstanding within the twilight and comes nearer to Mars.

Venus is falling again in the direction of the horizon.

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

Jupiter is outstanding within the morning sky and is near the moon on the eighth and ninth

Saturn  is now rising round 7:30 pm native time.

Labels: weekly sky

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 1:16 am