The First Quarter Moon is Friday August 1. The Lunar X is seen presently. Occulation of vivid star 2 Scoripii on the third. Mars very near Beta Virginis because it enters Virgo. Lupi and Nova V572 Velorum are fading however nonetheless seen in binoculars. Saturn is rising earlier than midnight.Venus and Jupiter are seen within the morning twilight and are drawing nearer. Venus is under vivid Aldebaran and near the celebrities eta Geminorum on the third.
The First Quarter Moon is Friday August 1. The Moon is at apogee on the 2nd. The Lunar X is seen on the first
| Date | UT | AEST | ACST | AWST |
| Aug 1 | 10:57 | 20:57 | 20:17 | 18:57 |
North-eastern twilight sky on the morning of Suday, August 3 as seen from Adelaide
at 06:12 ACST (60 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen).
Venus types a triangle with Aldebaran and Betelgeuse with Jupiter under simply above the horizon.
Venus can also be very near the intense star eta Geminorum
The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Jupiter presently.
Japanese sky on the night of Saturday, August 2 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST (click on to embiggen).
Saturn is rising. The insets present the telescopic view presently.
North-western
sky on Sunday, August 3 as seen from Adelaide at 19:03 ACST (90
minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen). Mars very near Beta Virginis and is heading in direction of the intense star Spica.
Comparable views will likely be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (90 minutes after sundown).
South-western sky on the night of Saturday, August 2 as seen from Adelaide at 19:02 ACST (90
minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen).
Nova V462
Lupi is roughly magnitude 7.7 and is seen in binoculars within the
constellation of Lupus the wolf, above the constellation of Scorpius.
The inset is the approximate binocular view. The nova is marked with
circle. Rising moonlight will make it more durable to seek out.
For printable charts and viewing guides see my Nova V462 Lupi web page.
Comparable views will likely be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (90
minutes after sundown).
The South-western sky on the night of Saturday, August 2 as seen from Adelaide at 18:58 ACST (90
minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen).
Nova V572 Velorum is roughly magnitude 6.7 and is seen in binoculars within the
constellation of Vela the sail, under the Southern Cross and close to the eta Carina Nebula.
The inset is the approximate binocular view. The nova is marked with circle. Nova V462
Lupi is close to the highest of the picture.
For printable charts and viewing guides see my Nova V572 Velorum web page.
Comparable views will likely be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (90
minutes after sundown).
Western
sky on Friday, August 1 as seen from Adelaide at 20:17 ACST The primary quarter moon is reducing within the sky and the Lunar X and V are seen
in telescopes.
The
inset is the
look of the Lunar X and V at 20:17 ACDST (click on to embiggen).
Comparable views will likely be seen elsewhere on the instances indicated within the
desk.
| Date | UT | AEST | ACST | AWST |
| Aug 1 | 10:57 | 20:57 | 20:17 | 18:57 |
Comparable views will likely be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (see desk above).
North-eastern sky on Sunday, August 3 as seen from Adelaide at 19:01 ACST The waxing Moon is about to occult the star 2 Scorpii (circled) and three Scorpii quickly after. the moon may be very apparent within the head of Scorpius.
inset is the telescopic look of the moon advert 2 Scorpii as it’s coated. That is at 19:01 ACST, ~19:55 AEST for the jap states and Perth doesn’t see the beginning of the occultation.
Comparable views will likely be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time.
Entire sky on Saturday, July 26 as seen from Adelaide at 18:47 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Mars is within the north-west.
Vibrant Canopus is brushing the horizon and Scorpius climbs in direction of the Zenith.
The
Southern Cross is rising within the Southern sky. The moon is waxing and
the fainter clusters and nebula have gotten more durable to see.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see the same view on the equal time (90 minutes after sundown).
Mercury is misplaced within the night twilight.
Venus is reducing within the morning twilight. Venus types a triangle with Aldebaran and Betelgeuse with Jupiter under simply above the horizon.
Mars is reducing within the night sky and Mars may be very near Beta Virginis because it enters Virgo.
Jupiter climbs within the morning twilight under Venus.
Saturn is reducing within the morning sky and is rising earlier than midnight.
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