Actual Astronomy - Objects To Observe In June

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. Noctilucent cloud season begins! - June 1st Moon occults Ceres. But it’s in the daytime. :^( - June 6th Lunar X visible, 29 Amphitrite at opposition and magnitude 9.5. - June 7th Lunar Straight wall and first quarter Moon, 41 Daphne at opposition and 9.8 magnitude. - June 11 Venus 1.6-degrees South of Uranus. - June 11 Venus 1.6-degrees South of Uranus - June 14th Full Moon, Mercury Greatest elongation West so visible in morning sky. - June 18th Saturn 4-degrees North of Moon. - June 19th Vesta 0.7 degrees north of Moon - Occultation for S. America and Antarctica. - June 21 Last quarter Moon, Summer Solstice, Jupiter 3-degrees North of the Moon. - June 22 Mars 0.9 degrees north of Moon - occultation for South Pacific. - June 24 Uranus 0.05 degrees North of Moon - Occultation from Hawaii to Australia. - June 26th Venus 3-degrees south of the Moon. - June 27th Mercury 4 degrees south of the Moon. - June 29th New Moon.   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].