![]() The next few nights will see a delightful line-up in the early evening sky, The thin crescent Moon meets Venus and Mars (and Uranus) making lovely evening viewing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday February 2, same conditions a panel 1. Wednesday February 1, same conditions a panel 1. (that is 60 minutes after local sunset, click Views will be seen throughout Australia at the equivalent local time ![]() Venus and (now dim) Mars form a triangle with the thin crescent Moon. Kappa (□) Geminorium is the next brightest star in almost a line with Castor and Pollux, which makes it a easy telescopic signpost.Įvening sky on Tuesday January 31 looking west as seen from AdelaideĢ1:25 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset). Over the next few night it will be very close to kappa (□) Geminorium, making Vesta very easy of find. The small that of a 4" Newtonian telescope with a 24 mm eyepiece. The large circle represents the field of view of 10x50īinoculars. I made an animation (see below) from the images I captured.Īnimation of images from 25 January to 29 January showing the moment of Vesta.Click to embiggen.īlack and white binocular chart suitable for printing (click to embiggenĪnd print). I had good conditions for several nights in a row (despite fearsome mosquitoes) and was able to see it drift towards kappa (□) Geminorium. It is easily visible in binoculars, although you might need to watch from night to night to see it move as there are several dim stars in the area. The asteroid Vesta is just below unaided eye visibility (magnitude 6.5) and moving through Gemini. ![]() 10x 15 second ASAĤ00 images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker. Click to embiggen.Īsteroid Vesta on January 27, 2017, at 11:30 pm ACDST. 10x 15 second ASA 400 images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker. Asteroid Vesta on January 25, 2017, at 11:30 pm ACDST.
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