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If you live in the northern hemisphere like me here's an easy night sky opportunity. That means no late night, early morning or fancy equipment.
Shortly after sunset tonight go outside and cast your gaze to the northwest horizon.
Planet Mercury will align itself with the twin stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux. Naturally, the stars will not be as bright as Mercury. And a pair of binoculars makes it easy.
Bug spray as needed....
Looking to take a walk down memory lane?
Indulge a childhood memory?
Indulge in wishful thing?
Consider making a wish-upon a star after the sun goes down. To make it easy I'll give you a couple to look for beginning this evening and it doesn't even require you to stay up late or rise from your slumber in an early morning.
After sunset and as the sky darkens step outside and cast your gaze to the southern sky.
Image credit - Starry Night
You will be able to spot yellow-orange Arcturus in the constellation Boötes (the Herdsman) This happens to be the fourth-brightest star found in the whole of the night sky worldwide.
Next, cast your gaze to the east to locate an equally bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra (the Harp). Two very bright stars in the June night sky to wish-upon.
Go ahead.
Make a wish.
Sometimes you never know what will happen....
Binocular opportunity all night, tonight. Don't sweat the light pollution.
After the full moon rises in the east it will cross the sky in the company of Uranus and the bright star cluster, the Pleiades. commonly known as the Seven Sisters.
Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night
You can locate the cluster to the upper right of the moon along with Uranus roughly the width of your palm to the right.
Fingers-crossed for clear skies.
At the beginning of this month an early riser had an opportunity to view a crescent moon, along with Saturn, Mars, the Pleiades along with bright stars Capella and Aldebaran; all conveniently situated on the eastern horizon before sunrise.
As the moon swung around the planet the same grouping has returned for an early morning command performance. It will be a much tighter grouping of Jupiter, Mars, the moon and stars comprising the constellation Taurus (The Bull).
Tomorrow morning, look for this on the eastern horizon before sunrise....
NASA/JPL-Caltech
If you are up early tomorrow and Thursday morning you will have an opportunity to spot the planet Saturn adjacent to a waning gibbous moon. The bright star near by is Fornalhaut.
Got a pair of binoculars? Put them to use this evening.
There is a bright red star found in the constellation Scorpius (the Scorpion). The star is Antares.
Tonight you can spot it almost touching the waxing gibbous moon.
For a couple of hours immediately after sunset look to the southwest to find the first-quarter moon tucked-up to a very bright star. That star is Spica.
The moon is going to pass in front of Spica in an event called an occultation.
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