Astronomy Events in June 2017 It's too light to see the stars in Shetland just now Events are posted here in case you're observing somewhere else ! Meantime, we're enjoying the sunlight...
June
1 M13 is well placed
2 Conjunction of Venus and Uranus
3 M12 is well placed
3 Close approach of Venus and Uranus
3 Venus at greatest elongation west
4 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
5 M10 is well placed
9 Full Moon
10 M92 is well placed
15 Saturn at opposition
18 IC4665 is well placed
19 Mercury at greatest brightness
20 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
20 Close approach of the Moon and Venus
21 June solstice: occurs at 04:24 GMT. The North Pole will be tilted
towards the Sun, which will have reached its northernmost position
in the sky . This is the first day of summer (summer solstice)
24 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
28 NGC 6633 is well placed
28 Conjunction of Mercury and Mars
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