Actual Astronomy Ep. 330: Objects to Observe in June

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] We’re recording this early, in fact I’m writing these notes up on May 5th! That’s a record for us but we’re both away on alternating weeks so when the bright naked eye comet is shining overhead this month and you’re wondering why we didn’t mention…this is why.   June 1st - Venus, Castor and Pollux in a line Mars is making its way through M44 during the first few nights this month. June 3rd - Full Moon June 4th - Venus is at greatest elongation 45-degrees from the Sun this evening June 6th - Asteroid 11 Parthenope is at opposition, m=9.3 Parthenope was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on 11 May 1850 and named after Parthenopē, who was one of the Sirens of Greek mythology, said to have founded the city of Naples. It orbits the Sun every 3.84 Earth years and has a rotation period of 13.7 days and 153 km in diameter. June 10th - Last Quarter Moon paired with Saturn for those much farther east  June 13th - Venus near Beehive  June 14th - Jupiter 1.5-degrees to right of Moon in morning twilight. (4-degrees SK) June 16th - Take this Friday off so you can stay up all night Thursday. 20 Massalia at opposition 9.9 mag. Discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on 19 September 1852, it was named for the French city of Marseille, from which the independent discoverer Jean Chacornac sighted it the following night. A stony asteroid and the parent body of the Massalia family of objects located in the inner region of the asteroid belt. It is about 145 kilometres  in diameter. Takes 3.74 years to orbit Sun. June 18th - New Moon June 21st - Summer Solstice Great Triangle -  Mars, Venus & Moon June 26th - First Quarter Moon & Lunar Straight Wall Visible - Image from Jim June 28th - Venus & Mars ~3.5 degrees apart No bright comets. :^(   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].