Thursday January 16 to Thursday January 23
The Last Quarter Moon is Wednesday January 22. In the evening Venus is close to Saturn between the 17th and 20th and closest on the 18th. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are visible all together (briefly) in the evening sky (as are Uranus and Neptune, but you can’t see them with the unaided eye). Jupiter is past opposition and is visible all evening long. Mars is rising in the evening sky, and was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 16th. Mercury is low in the morning twilight. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) may be visible in the evening twilight, from the 16th on.
The Last Quarter Moon is Wednesday January 22.The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 21st.
Western evening sky on Thursday, January 16 as may be seen at civil twilight, 30 minutes after sunset (21:00 ACDST) for Adelaide on the 16th of January 2025.
The comet has survived perihelion (so far) and has been spotted in the daytime close to the sun (don’t try this yourself). There is a good chance it will be bright enough to see at civil twilight from the 16th on (and then at nautical twilight, 60 minutes after sunset from the 20th). Don’t get your hopes too high, but it might be possible to see a tail after the comet head has set. Only time will tell.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (30 minutes after sunset).
Western evening sky on Saturday, January 18 as seen from Adelaide at 21:34 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. Between the 17th and 20th Venus is less than 3° from Saturn, and the pair are closet on the 18th.
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).
Northern evening sky on Saturday, January 18 as seen from Adelaide at 22:12 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is in the north.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
North-eastern sky on Saturday, January 18 as seen from Adelaide at 22:12 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars is coming closer to Castor and Pollux and forms a line with them.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, January 18 as seen from Adelaide at 22:12 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).
Mars is just rising in the east. Jupiter is in the north. Saturn is now above the western horizon and closest to Venus. Venus is just setting. Orion the hunter is high in the north-east. The planets are outlined so you can see where Uranus and Neptune are in the lineup. Pluto is deep in the twilight.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is low in the morning twilight.
Venus is high in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight. In the evening Venus is close to Saturn between the 17th and 20th and closest on the 18th.
Mars is rising in the evening sky. Mars was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 16th and is visible all night long.
Jupiter is rising in the the evening sky when the sky is fully dark and was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the December the 8th.
Saturn is lowering in the evening sky coming closer to Venus. The pair are closet on the 18th.
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/2025/01/thursday-january-16-to-thursday-january.html
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