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Morning sky on Sunday, January 21 as seen from Adelaide at 00:21 ACDST, (click on to embiggen). The moon is nearly to cowl the star Electra within the Pleiades. The inset is the binocular view of the moon presently (click on to embiggen).	Morning sky on Sunday, January 21 as seen from Melbourne at 00:55 AEDST, (click on to embiggen). The moon is nearly to cowl the star Electra within the Pleiades. The inset is the binocular view of the moon presently (click on to embiggen).	Night sky on Saturday, January 20 as seen from Perth at 21:13 AWST, (click on to embiggen). The moon is nearly to cowl the star 17 tau (Electra). The inset is the binocular view of the moon presently. (click on to embiggen).

On the late night twentieth/early morning twenty first the simply previous First Quarter Moon will go over (occult) some vibrant stars within the iconic Pleiades cluster. From western Australia and central Australia probably the most stars will likely be lined. Japanese states see just one vibrant star lined. not like final years occultation the darkish limb of the Moon will cowl the celebrities frist so you will note them “wink out”

Whereas probably seen to the unaided eye, that is greatest seen with binoculars or a telescope. The intense Moon will wash out all however the brightest members of the Pleiades. Fortuitously, for many of Australia not less than one of many vibrant stars within the cluster, Electa (Magazine 3.7), Merope (Magazine 4.2) or Alcyone (Magazine 2.8) are lined. A lot of the west coast and central states get all 3 lined, with Darwin and Alice Springs (and locations between) having the perfect view whereas the Pleiades units in Adelaide earlier than the celebrities reappear from behind the Moon.

Timings for the protecting of Electra, Merope and Alcyone are give beneath for chosen cities. Related views will likely be seen at close by areas (e.g. Fremantle and Perth, Alice Springs and Darwin)

	Electra DD	Electra RB	Merope DD	Merope RB	Alcyone DD	Alcyone RB
Adelaide ACDST	00:21*	–	01:03*	–	1:39*	–
Brisbane AEST	00:37*	–	–	–	–	–
Canberra AEDST	01:06*	–	–	–	–	–
Darwin ACST	–	–	00:18*	1:24*	1:15*	1:45*
Hobart AEDST	00:48*	–	–	–	–	–
Melbourne AEDST	00:55*	–	–	–	–	–
Perth AWST	21:13	22:31	22:01	23:11	22:45	00:01*
Sydney AEDST	01:12	–	–	–	–	–

DD – disappear darkish limb, RD – reappear darkish limb.

* morning of the twenty first.

It’s greatest to arrange round half-hour earlier than the occultation so you may get oriented within the sky and don’t miss the start whereas fussing with tools.

Cloud cowl predictions may be discovered at SkippySky.

Right here is the near-real time satellite tv for pc view of the clouds (day and night time) http://satview.bom.gov.au/

Labels: binoculars, Moon, Occultation, Pleiades, telescope

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:29 pm