By Matt Woods
2022 AUTUMN EDITION
Planets: Mercury is still the only planet in the early evening, and it can be found very low in the West at the start of this month. it’s located in the constellation of Taurus (The Bull) but it disappears halfway through May. Venus can by observed in the constellation of Pisces (The Fish) for almost the entirety of May, before it moves into the constellation of Cetus (The Sea-Monster) at the very end of May. Mars appears at the start of the month in the The planets on the 15/05/21 at 5 am (AWST) constellation of Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and halfway through May it’ll move into the constellation of Pisces where it will end the month in a conjunction with Jupiter. Jupiter can be in the constellation of Pisces throughout May between Mars and Venus, but Mars will move closer and closer to the point where Mars and Jupiter should be viewable together in a th telescope eyepiece on Thursday the 30 of May. Saturn leads the alignment of the planets and can be found in the constellation of Capricornus (The Sea-Goat) throughout May. Uranus has returned out of the Sun’s glare in the early morning halfway through May. You’ll be able to find it in the constellation of Aries (The Ram). Neptune can be located above Mars and Jupiter in the constellation of Pisces for all of May.
Alignments, Conjunctions, And Occultations: Conjunctions involve object(s) in the Solar System and/or more distant objects, such as a star. It’s an apparent phenomenon in which multiple objects which aren’t close together appear close in the sky and it’s caused by the observer’s perspective. An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.
Venus and Jupiter on the 01/05/22 at 5 am (AWST)
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What’s In May’s Skies
The Moon, Mars and Jupiter on the 25/05/22 at 5 am (AWST)
