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| Morning sky on Tuesday, July 30 as seen from Adelaide at 5:10 ACST, (click on to embiggen). The moon is nearly to cowl the star Celaeno within the Pleiades. The inset is the binocular view of the moon at the moment (click on to embiggen). | Morning sky on Tuesday, July 3 as seen from Melbourne at 6:05 AEST, (click on to embiggen). The moon is nearly to cowl the star Taygeta within the Pleiades. The inset is the binocular view of the moon at the moment (click on to embiggen). | Night sky on Tuesday, July 3 as seen from Perth at 3:03 AWST, (click on to embiggen). The moon is nearly to cowl the star Celaeno within the Pleiades. The inset is the binocular view of the moon at the moment. (click on to embiggen). |
On the early morning thirtieth the waning cresent Moon will cross over (occult) some vivid stars within the iconic Pleiades cluster. From western Australia and central Australia probably the most stars might be coated. Jap states see just one vivid star coated.
Whereas doubtlessly seen to the unaided eye, that is finest seen with binoculars or a telescope. Whereas a waning crescent, the Moon continues to be vivid sufficient to clean out all however the brightest members of the Pleiades. Thankfully, for many of Australia at the very least one of many vivid stars within the cluster, Taygeta (19 Tau, magazine 4.3) are coated. Perth and the west coast will get the most effective view, with Darwin, Alice Springs (and locations between) and Adelaide being subsequent finest. The east coast is in twilight when the moon strikes off the Pleiades.
Timings for the protecting of Celaeno (16 Tau), Taygeta (19 Tau) and Sterope (21 Tau) are give under for chosen cities. Related views might be seen at close by places (e.g. Fremantle and Perth, Alice Springs and Darwin)
| Celaeno DB | Celaeno RD | Taygeta DD | Taygeta RD | Sterope DB | Sterope RD | |
| Adelaide ACST | 5:10 | 5:43 | 5:17 | 6:26 | 5:43 | *- |
| Brisbane AEST | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Canberra AEST | – | – | 6:14 | *- | – | – |
| Darwin ACST | 4:38 | 6:00 | 5:26 | 6:14 | 5:50 | -* |
| Hobart AEST | – | – | 6:24 | 6:45 | 6:47 | – |
| Melbourne AEST | – | – | 6:05 | *- | 6:32 | *- |
| Perth AWST | 3:03 | 4:09 | 3:26 | 4:28 | 3:47 | 4:53 |
| Sydney AEST | – | – | 6:19 | *- | – | – |
DB – disappear vivid limb, RD – reappear darkish limb.
* Happens in twilight
It’s finest 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 gear.
Cloud cowl predictions will 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
