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Thursday December 12 to Thursday December 19

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The Full Moon is Sunday December 15. In the evening Venus is coming closer to Saturn. Jupiter , Saturn and Venus are visible in the evening sky. Jupiter is at opposition and is visible all night long. Jupiter is close to the nearly full Moon on the 14th. In the morning Mars and Jupiter continue to draw apart. Mars is close to the  Moon on the 18th and 19th. The Geminid meteor shower peaks on the morning of the 14th, but moonlight interferes.

The Full Moon is Sunday December 15.

Western evening sky on Saturday, December 14 as seen from Adelaide at 21:31 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).   

Venus is readily visible from early twilight to when the sky is fully dark. Venus is coming closer to Saturn.

The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Saturn at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).

North-eastern evening sky on Saturday, December 14 as seen from Adelaide at 22:12 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is rising in the north-east and is close to the Moon.

The inset is the telescope view of the Jupiter at this time (Io is eclipsed by Jupiter).  (click to embiggen).

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

North-eastern sky on Wednesday, December 18 as seen from Adelaide at midnight ACDST, Mars is rising just above the waning Moon

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.

Northern morning sky on Saturday, December 14 as seen from Adelaide at 03:13 ACDST, when the Geminid meter shower is at it’s highest.

Mars and Jupiter form a line with the red star Aldebaran. the Geminid meteor shower radiant is approximately between them and is marked with a star burst.
More detailed viewing instructions are at my Geminid viewing page.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time, exact timings at my Geminid viewing page.

Whole sky on Saturday, December 14 as seen from Adelaide at 22:12 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Jupiter is rising in the east Saturn is now above the north-western horizon and coming closer to Venus. Orion  the hunter is rising in the east. The Southern Cross is low in the Southern sky.  The moon is nearly full and the fainter clusters and nebula are hard to see.

    

 

 Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

Mercury is lost in the twilight.

Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight. Venus is coming closer to Saturn.

Mars is rising in the morning sky and near Jupiter. The pair continue to draw apart. Mars is close to the  Moon on the 18th and 19th.

Jupiter is rising in the the evening sky when the sky is fully dark and is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth. Jupiter is close to the nearly full Moon on the 14th.

Saturn is lowering in the evening sky coming closer to Venus.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what’s up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.

 

Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.

Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.

Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/


Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2024/12/thursday-december-12-to-thursday.html


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