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| Jap horizon on the morning of Saturday, July 4 as seen from Adelaide at 5:54 ACST (90 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen).Mars is closest to Uranus and between the Hyades and Pleiades clusters. The inset reveals the binocular view of Mars, Uranus and the Pleiades right now. Related views can be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (90 minutes earlier than dawn). | Jap horizon on the morning of Wednesday, July 8 as seen from Adelaide at 5:54 ACST (90 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). Saturn and Mars kind a protracted line within the twilight. Saturn is near the waning Moon. Saturn is now excessive sufficient for telescopic commentary, and its rings are widening. Mars is in between Pleiades and Hyades and varieties a second eye for Taurus the Bull with Aldebaran.The inset reveals the telescopic view of Saturn right now. Related views can be seen from the r est of Australia at roughly the equal native time (90 minutes earlier than dawn). |
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| Western sky on the night of Thursday, July 9 as seen from Adelaide at 18:18 ACST (60 minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen). Jupiter is coming near the horizon. Venus is closest to the intense star Regulus (Alpha Leonis). Related views can be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (60 minutes after sundown). | Western sky on the night of Friday, July 17 as seen from Adelaide at 18:22 ACST (60 minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen). Venus, the skinny crescent Moon and the intense star Regulus (Alpha Leonis) kind a line. Related views can be seen from the remainder of Australia at roughly the equal native time (60 minutes after sundown). |
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| 04 July 2026 | Mars near Uranus (0.5°) between Pleiades and Hyades, Binocular or Telescope. |
| 07 July 2026 | Earth at aphelion |
| 09 July | Venus and the intense star Regulus shut. |
| 12 July 2026 | Mars close to shiny crimson star Aldebaran (5° aside) |
| 17 July 2026 | Crescent Moon in between Regulus and Venus within the night twilight |
| 21 July 2026 | Moon close to Spica |
| 25 July | Moon close to Antares, closest in morning sky |
| 29-30 July 2026 | Southern Delta Aquarids meteor bathe in morning |
| 30 July 2026 | Full Moon |
Night Sky:
Mercury continues to be readily seen beneath Jupiter at nautical twilight firstly of the week. By the tip of the week it’s misplaced within the twilight and can return to the morning skies on the finish of the month.
Venus climbs increased within the night sky in spends July passing by way of Leo. On the ninth and Tenth, it’s simply 1° from Leo’s brightest star, 1st magnitude Regulus (Alpha Leonis). On the seventeenth, Regulus is now 8° beneath the planet, with a 3-day-old waxing crescent Moon midway between.
Jupiter is seen within the early night, setting simply after Nautical twilight firstly of the month. It’s low above the northwestern horizon within the twilight. On the fifteenth Jupiter and the skinny crescent moon are seen collectively low above the horizon at civil twilight. Jupiter is misplaced within the twilight glow after this.
Morning sky:
Mars is above the jap horizon at nautical twilight within the morning. Mars is in Taurus. From the third to the sixth, the Pink Planet can be 1° or much less from Uranus, and closest at 0.3° on the 4th and fifth, a pleasant color distinction within the eyepiece. The pair are additionally halfway between the Pleiades star cluster (M45), and Hyades clusters. Uranus Mars and the Pleiades will match right into a binocular discipline, as will Mars and Uranus (on the 4th and fifth they may match into a large discipline telescope eyepiece). On the eleventh the crescent moon may be very near the Pleiades with Mars close by. Fromm the Eighth-Tenth Mars from a second eye with Aldebaran for Taurus the Bull. On the 11the the cresent Moon is beneath Mars forming a tough line with Mars and Aldebaran.
Saturn enters the night skies in July. in Pisces, rises round 11:30 pm mid‑month within the jap morning sky. On the sixth, the planet is on the level in its orbit referred to as its western quadrature, the place the Solar‑Earth‑Saturn angle is 90° On the Eighth, Saturn is about 7° from the final quarter Moon. The Ringed Planet’s obvious path in opposition to the star discipline reverses on the twenty eighth because the world begins its retrograde monitor forward of its September opposition.
Moon:
Stars:
| July 8 | Final Quarter Moon (perfect for star gazing) |
| July13 | Moon at apogee |
| July14 | New Moon (additionally perfect for star gazing) |
| July 21 | First Quarter Moon |
| July 26 | Apogee Moon |
| July 30 | Full Moon |
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| South-Jap sky as seen from Adelaide at 18:51 ACST on July 15 (90 minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen). Scorpius is excessive within the sky. The inset reveals the binocular view of the “sting” within the scorpions tail, with Ptolemy’s cluster. Related views will been seen elsewhere in Australia on the equal native time. (90 minutes after sundown) | Southern sky as seen from Adelaide at 18:51 ACST on July 15 (90 minutes after sundown, click on to embiggen). The Southern Cross is at its highest. The inset reveals the binocular view of the the Southern Pleiades round Theta θ Carina and the eta Carina nebula. Related views will been seen elsewhere in Australia on the equal native time. (90 minutes after sundown) |
Scorpius the scorpion, is nicely above the jap horizon within the east when the sky is totally darkish. It’s nearly galaxy season, with Sagittarius, and the center of the Milky method, rising. By round 11 pm native time, Scorpius lies throughout the Zenth with Sagittarius and the center of the galaxy beneath.
The scorpion is a superb binocular looking floor now. The place the “sting of the tail begins to round is a star grouping dominated by zeta 1 and a pair of Scorpii of the referred to as the false comet, beneath the tip of the sting is Ptolemy’s cluster and the Butterfly cluster, heading on westward in direction of the lid of the Teapot of Sagittarius within the Triffid nebula after which beneath that the Globular cluster M22.
At round astronomical twilight (090 minutes after sundown when the sky is totally darkish) the Southern Cross will nearly be at its highest due south. To the appropriate and a bit beneath alpha Crucis , nearly half-way between the Southern cross and the false cross is theta carina, the brightest star within the Southern Pleiades. Simply above that’s the broad fuzzy patch that’s the Carina Nebula, with variable star eta Carina (too dim to see) throughout this nebulosity is a darkish band, the keyhole nebula greatest seen with binoculars or a small telescope.
The place of the Southern Cross and the pointers makes Omega Centauri, a powerful globular cluster, simple to search out within the night because it varieties the apex of a triangle with the Beta Crucis and Beta Centauri forming the bottom.
Meteors: Southern delta Aquariids:
The Southern Delta-Aquarids meteor bathe runs from 12 July to twenty third August, peaking on Sunday July the thirtieth. The variety of meteors you will note relies on how excessive the radiant is above the horizon, and the way darkish your sky is. The ZHR for Southern Delta Aquariids is 25 meteors per hour.
In follow, you’ll by no means see these many meteors because the radiant can be far beneath the zenith. Additionally, except you’re out deep within the countryside, the darkness can be lower than perfect. This bathe is pretty faint, with the best fee of round a meteor each 4-5 minutes.
Sadly, this 12 months the total Moon is on the thirtieth, so there can be numerous moonlight interference. This bathe is greatest seen from greatest seen from midnight to three am.
Labels: Astrophiz, Month-to-month sky
