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Early riser? Crescent Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter visible tomorrow morning in morning twilight

If you are an early riser, don’t forget to look low above the North Eastern horizon around 5.30 am AEST.

Comet 2011 F1 LINEAR wide finder chart for 5 am AEST 6 July 2013. Chart prepared using the highly recommended Sky Safari Pro tablet app. Used with permission.
Crescent Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter finder chart for 5.30 am AEST Sunday 4 August 2013. Chart prepared using the highly recommended Sky Safari Pro tablet app. Used with permission.

If you are lucky enough to have clear skies, you will spot a delicate crescent Moon with the three stars below it. The brightest by far will be the planet Jupiter, with Mars and Mercury lower down. Note that without a telescope, all three planets will look like stars.

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3 thoughts on “Early riser? Crescent Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter visible tomorrow morning in morning twilight

  1. I live on the Gold Coast and in the morning at about 4:30am a very bright “Star” appears above the horizon in almost a direct easterly direction, Wondering what that is? The at about two oclock and stretching out in a straight line in a south westerly direction (from where I am at Benowa Waters, are three also bright “stars” wondering what they might be?
    Hope you can help?

    Regards,

  2. Sean,

    The most likely candidate for your mystery star is the planet Jupiter. If you have a reasonable sized pair of binoculars (a small telescope is better), you can confirm this by looking through them. If it is Jupiter, you will see it resolved as a tiny disc. All planets look like stars to the unaided eye due to their distance from the Earth.

    I am not quite sure what you mean by the ‘two o’clock position’ stars?

    Good to hear from you.

    Regards,

    Paul Floyd.

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