Astronomical Data

The first Astronomical Data menu item provides access to the Astro Flyer – the SA newsletter.

The other menu items listed in the Astronomical Data menu lead to external websites that have useful and extensive astronomical information for the amateur astronomer such as:

  • An excellent online planetarium “The Sky Live”. This can be set to any location and date/time combination to give a realistic view of the night sky. the site has many other items of interest to the amateur astronomer.
  • The current and forecast weather for the next few days.
  • Seeing conditions for tonight and the next 3 days.
  • Rise/Set times for all major solar system bodies.

Time varying data relevant to the astronomer located near Nowra NSW is presented below.

Seeing Conditions

  • the meteoblue link above will take you to the external website where extended 3 day information is available.
  • Look for dark blue colours in the cloud cover and green values in the seeing values for good seeing conditions.
  • Cloud cover ranges from dark blue (0%) to white (100%). Fog or very low clouds are not shown here.

Weather

Timing Data

The timing data for the sun, moon, planets, the ISS and Iridium satellite flares are listed in the tables below.

Astronomical Times for Nowra (-34.888, 150.568)
Starting 21 Nov 2024, for the next 10 days
DateMorningSunriseSunsetEveningMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
TwilightTwilight
21 Nov 202404:0805:3819:4821:1800:2510:20day 20 of Moon
22 Nov 202404:0805:3819:4921:1901:0211:24
23 Nov 202404:0805:3819:5021:2001:3312:25
24 Nov 202404:0705:3719:5121:2101:5913:23day 23 of Moon
25 Nov 202404:0705:3719:5221:2202:2214:19
26 Nov 202404:0605:3619:5321:2302:4515:15
27 Nov 202404:0605:3619:5421:2403:0716:10day 26 of Moon
28 Nov 202404:0605:3619:5521:2503:3117:08
29 Nov 202404:0605:3619:5521:2503:5718:07
30 Nov 202404:0505:3519:5621:2604:2719:09day 28 of Moon

Planetary Data for today
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Rises06:5508:2700:2521:0913:2919:1914:3909:52
Meridian14:1315:4305:2202:0219:5300:2320:4517:05
Sets21:3123:0110:1806:5502:1605:2802:5100:14
ConstellationOphiuchusSagittariusCancerTaurusAquariusTaurusPiscesCapricornus

Visible ISS Passes
ISS image. Credit: NASA
DateBrightnessStartHighest pointEnd
(mag)TimeAlt.Az.TimeAlt.Az.TimeAlt.Az.
22 Nov-2.903:39:0941°ENE03:39:0941°ENE03:42:0910°ESE
23 Nov-0.902:52:4814°E02:52:4814°E02:53:3210°ESE
23 Nov-2.404:25:4319°W04:27:2930°SW04:30:3110°SSE
24 Nov-3.303:39:1553°SSW03:39:1553°SSW03:42:2910°SE
25 Nov-1.502:52:4225°SE02:52:4225°SE02:54:1410°SE
25 Nov-1.204:26:0710°WSW04:27:5914°SSW04:29:5010°S
26 Nov-1.803:38:5620°SW03:39:2620°SSW03:42:0310°SSE
27 Nov-1.502:52:1124°S02:52:1124°S02:54:0010°SSE
28 Nov-0.402:05:2113°SE02:05:2113°SE02:05:4610°SE
28 Nov-0.803:39:1510°SSW03:39:4610°SSW03:40:1610°SSW
29 Nov-1.002:51:1814°SSW02:51:1814°SSW02:53:0110°S
30 Nov-0.502:04:1714°S02:04:1714°S02:05:0110°SSE

Amateur astronomers from Shoalhaven Australia.