Thursday 8 October to Thursday October 15

The New Moon is Sunday October 11. Saturn is just past opposition, but still magnificent in telescopes. Mars is in the heart of the Beehive cluster on the morning of the 12th. Jupiter is low in the morning sky. In the evening, Venus is slowly sinking and Mercury is rising. Mercury is at its greatest distance from the Sun on the 12th. Also on the 12th Venus is near the crescent Moon and on the 13th the crescent Moon is above Mercury. The asteroid Vesta can bee seen in binoculars. The New Moon is Sunday October 11.North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Monday, October 12 as seen from Adelaide at 5:11 ACDST (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is low above the north-western horizon. Mars is in the heart of the Beehive cluster (M44). Mars forms a line with Jupiter and the bright star Regulus.The insets shows the binocular view of Mars in the Beehive cluster and telescopic view of Jupiter at this time. Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the…