The Final Quarter Moon is Sunday, September 18. Three brilliant classical planets from a protracted line within the morning sky, Saturn and Jupiter low within the west, and Mars to the north. Mars is under the pink star Aldebaran and the Hyades cluster. On the seventeenth the waning Moon, Mars and Aldebaran kind a triangle. Jupiter is now readily seen within the late night sky under Saturn. Mercury is quickly sinking into the night twilight this week and is misplaced to view by the weeks finish.
The Final Quarter Moon is Sunday, September 18.The Moon is at apogee, when it’s furthest from the Earth, on the twentieth
Morning sky on Saturday, September 17 as seen from Adelaide at 04:48 ACST (90 minutes earlier than dawn). Mars is under the Hyades and the brilliant pink star Aldebaran. The waning Moon, Mars and Aldebaran kind a triangle.
Comparable views might be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time (90 minutes earlier than dawn. click on to embiggen).
Night sky on Saturday, September 17 as seen from Adelaide at 21:00 am ACST.
Saturn varieties a shallow triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii. with Jupiter under.
The insets are the telescopic views of Saturn and Jupiter on the identical magnification presently.
Comparable views might be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time.
Night sky on Saturday, September 17 as seen from Adelaide at 18:48 pm ACST
(45 minutes after sundown).
Comparable views might be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal native time (45 minutes after sundown).
Complete sky on Saturday, September 17, 19:32 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). The Milky Approach stretches throughout the mid-sky and the centre of the galaxy is outstanding. Mercury and Saturn are each seen.
Scorpius is outstanding above the northern horizon with the teapot of Sagittarius under. From the Sting of the Scorpion by way of the teapot there’s a wealth of binocular objects to
uncover.
Between the brilliant star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are one other wealth of binocular objects to
uncover.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see the same view on the equal time (90 minutes after sundown).
Mercury is quickly sinking into the night twilight this week and is misplaced to view by the weeks finish.
Venus is misplaced within the twilight.
Mars is under the Hyades and the pink star Aldebaran. It’s near the waning Moon on the seventeenth
Jupiter climbs larger within the late night sky.
Saturn varieties a shallow triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii. Saturn was at opposition, when it was greatest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the fifteenth of August.
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