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Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for JUNE 2016
June 4 – New Moon
June 4 – Open House at Farpoint Observatory, 9 pm to ? –> Join us!
June 12 – First Quarter
June 20 – Full Moon
June 23 – General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us!
June 27 – Last Quarter
PLANETS in June 2016
Evening Sky:
Midnight:
Mars – in south
Jupiter – in west
Saturn – in south
Morning Sky:
CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during June 2016
North to South, at 9-11 pm:
Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper
Draco, the Dragon
Ursa Major, the Big Bear, also the Big Dipper
Hercules, the Strong Man
Corona Borealis, the northern crown, Crown of Ariadne
Boötes, the Hunter
Virgo, the Maiden
Libra, the Scales
Mercury is high in the morning twilight. Look east.
Conjunction of the month: in the evening, look left and right of bright star red-orange star Antares in the Scorpio constellation (south sky): the bright red-orange twin to its right is Mars, and the bright yellow-white object just above and to its left is Saturn. Hint: come to the Open House June 4 and see them both.
Challenge object of the month: Saturn is now about as close as it ever gets to earth, and its rings are tilted about as far as they ever get tilted, so get to a decent-sized telescope (hint: Open House June 4) and try counting rings!
Best comet of the month: PANSTARRS C/2013 X1, should be easily visible in binoculars, in the eastern sky an hour before dawn.
(No great meteor showers this month.)