Best Night Sky Events of June 2023
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Best Night Sky Events of June 2023
Hi all. Here is the latest report from Starry Night Software and Chris Vaughan, at Space.com. It provides information on several interesting observing opportunities throughout the month of June. Here are just a few: Thursday, June 1: Mars invades the Beehive (evening), Saturday, June 3: Venus at greatest eastern elongation (after sunset), Sunday, June 4: Mercury passes Uranus (pre-dawn), Sunday, June 4: Two shadows cross Jupiter (05:09 to 06:46 GMT), Sunday, June 11: Great Red Spot and double shadows on Jupiter (03:52 to 04:42 EDT), Tuesday, June 13: Venus brushes the Beehive (evening), Thursday, June 15: A sliver of the moon near Uranus (before dawn), Monday, June 19: Earthshine moon below Castor and Pollux (after sunset), Wednesday, June 21: Northern summer solstice (at 14:58 GMT), Wednesday, June 21: Moon, Mars and Venus (early evening), Saturday, June 24: Lyra's double double star (all night), Tuesday, June 27: The Lunar Straight Wall (evening), Friday, June 30: Venus moves closest to Mars (evening), and much more. It also includes lots of other interesting pictures, maps, charts, and information including excellent planet positions and data for this month:
https://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html
I hope this helps with your observing plans and that it is useful to you. Thanks for looking, and the best of wishes for many clear night skies.
https://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html
I hope this helps with your observing plans and that it is useful to you. Thanks for looking, and the best of wishes for many clear night skies.
Marshall
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Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Re: Best Night Sky Events of June 2023
Thanks, Marshall! Always enjoy the read.
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Thanks for this event calendar.
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Re: Best Night Sky Events of June 2023
Thanks once more for this Month's sky events. Appreciate it .
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