The New Moon is Sunday, August 4. Mercury is visible in the evening twilight, near Regulus forming a line with Venus. Venus comes closer to Regulus and is closest on the 5th. On the 6th the crescent Moon, Regulus, Mercury and Venus form a triangle in the evening twilight. Saturn enters the evening sky around 8:30 pm, but is still best in the morning. Mars forms a second “Eye” for Taurus the Bull at the beginning of the week and comes closer to Jupiter over the week.
The New Moon is Sunday, August 4.
Western evening
sky on Thursday, August 1 as seen from Adelaide at 18:18 ACST (45 minutes
after sunset, click to embiggen).
Mercury is well
above the western horizon at the end of civil twilight, and is still
visible at astronomical twilight an hour and a half after sunset.
Mercury has moved away the bright star Regulus and Venus is coming closer, forming a triangle with Mercury and Regulus.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes after sunset).
Western evening
sky on Tuesday, August 6 as seen from Adelaide at 18:35ACST (60 minutes
after sunset, click to embiggen).
Mercury is well
above the western horizon at the end of civil twilight, although fading
it is still visible at astronomical twilight an hour and a half after
sunset. Venus is just past its closest to the bright star Regulus. The
crescent Moon forms a triangle with the three.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (45 minutes after sunset).
The eastern sky at 23:00 ACST Saturday, August with Saturn rising. Saturn is now reasonably high above the horizon for viewing.
The inset shows the telescopic view at the time. (click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.
Morning
sky on Saturday, August 3 as seen from Adelaide at 06:11 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise), Mars and Jupiter are readily visible. Mars is coming closer to Jupiter and forms a triangle the red star Aldebaran.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes .
Whole sky on Saturday, August 3 as seen from Adelaide at 19:03 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Scorpius is nearly at the zenith with the heart of the milky way below it. The Southern Cross is still prominent in the Southern sky. Between the bright star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are a wealth of binocular objects to
discover. The fainter clusters are now visible with the Moon gone from the sky.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury starts to dim in the evening sky, it starts the week above Regulus, forming a line with Venus. On the 6th the crescent Moon, Regulus,
Mercury and Venus form a triangle in the evening twilight.
Venus is higher in the evening twilight. Venus starts the week forming a triangle with Mercury and Regulus. Venus comes closer to Regulus
and is closest on the 5th. On the 6th the crescent Moon, Regulus,
Mercury and Venus form a triangle in the evening twilight.
Mars is rising in the morning sky but is heading towards Jupiter.
Jupiter is rising in the the morning twilight sky. Jupiter is below the red star Aldebaran.
Saturn climbs higher in the late evening sky.
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