Sky Guide June 2017

What to look out, and up, for in June.


Jeni returns from astronomy research in South Africa so the
gang’s back together to pick their highlights for this month’s
skies; starting with the planets on offer to observers and
imagers:


Ralph – Saturn reaches opposition this month and coincides
with a nearby meteor shower

Jeni – Jupiter in prime viewing conditions with some lovely
Galilean transits

Paul – We still have comet C/2015 V2 Johnson in the skies for
a nice alternative distraction



Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year:


Ralph – The Double Double binary Alpha Lyrae

Jeni - The Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51

Paul – Globular Clusters Messiers 10 & 12 in Ophiuchus



And we finish this sky guide with June’s moon phases.