The New Moon is Friday July 25. Mercury is lost in the twilight. Mars is lowering in the
early evening sky as it moves through Leo. The crescent moon is near Mars on the 28th. Nova V462 Lupi and Nova V572 Velorum are fading but still visible in binoculars, a double nova is rare event. Saturn is rising before midnight.Venus and Jupiter are visible in the morning twilight. Venus is below bright Aldebaran. The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks on the evening 29th/ morning 30th.
The New Moon is Friday July 25.
North-eastern twilight sky on the morning of Saturday, July 26 as seen from Adelaide
at 06:17 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Venus forms a triangle with Aldebaran and Betelgeuse with Jupiter below just above the horizon.
Venus is close to Zeta Tau, the tip of on of the bulls “horns”
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
South-eastern sky on the evening of Saturday, July 26 as seen from Adelaide at 18:58 ACST (90
minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Nova V462 Lupi is roughly magnitude 7 and is visible in binoculars in the constellation of Lupus the wolf, above the constellation of Scorpius. The inset is the approximate binocular view. The nova is marked with circle.
For printable charts and viewing guides see my Nova V462 Lupi page.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90
minutes after sunset).
Eastern sky on the evening of Saturday, July 28 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST (click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.
The Southern sky on the evening of Saturday, July 26 as seen from Adelaide at 18:58 ACST (90
minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Nova V572 Velorum is roughly magnitude 6 and is visible in binoculars in the
constellation of Vela the sail, below the Southern Cross and near the eta Carina Nebula.
The inset is the approximate binocular view. The nova is marked with circle.
For printable charts and viewing guides see my Nova V572 Velorum page.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90
minutes after sunset).
Northern sky on the evening of Saturday, July 19 as seen from Adelaide at 21:00 ACST (click to embiggen)
If you look to the North just before midnight, you will see a prominent bright orange star, Arcturus, if you look northeast you will see a dainty circlet of stars. Corona Borealis, the northern crown. The blaze star T CrB is located on the right-hand side to the circlet, where the line of stars turns down, there are no other bright stars in the region, so when it erupts it will be easily visible. Viewing tips at my T CrB post. TCrB can potentially go Nova any time between now and August 2025.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.
North-western
sky on Monday, July 28 as seen from Adelaide at 18:59 ACST (90
minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars is drawing away from the bright star Regulus and is close to the crescent Moon.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Evening sky looking North from Adelaide at 2:30 am local time on July 30th in South
Australia. The starburst marks the radiant (the point where the meteors
appear to originate from) of the Southern Delta Aquariids. Similar views
will
be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.
Whole sky on Saturday, July 26 as seen from Adelaide at 18:47 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Mars is in the north-west.
Bright Canopus is brushing the horizon and Scorpius climbs towards the Zenith.
The
Southern Cross is rising in the Southern sky. The moon is new and
the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming easy to see.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the evening twilight.
Venus is lowering in the morning twilight. It is below Saturn. Venus forms a triangle with Aldebaran and Betelgeuse with Jupiter below just above the horizon.
Mars is lowering in the evening sky and drawing way from the bright star Regulus. it is close to the crescent Moon on the 28th,
Jupiter returns to the morning twilight below Venus.
Saturn is lowering in the morning sky and is rising before midnight.
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