Highlights of the Night Sky in June
Here are some of the highlights of the June sky:
- 9:30 PM – southern sky – Mars and Saturn rise over the horizon
- 9:30 PM western sky – Jupiter appears above the horizon, sinks lower toward the end of the month
- 5 AM eastern sky – Venus appearing above the horizon before sunrise; on June 24, it rises together with the crescent Moon just before dawn
- 10 PM southern sky – Boötes, the Herdsman, recognizable for its familiar Kite asterism, with Arcturus, the fourth brightest star in the sky, and the binary star Izar, Epsilon Boötis
- 10 PM – southeastern sky – Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, visible to the left of Boötes constellation
- 10 PM eastern sky – Hercules constellation high in the sky, with the prominent Keystone asterism, the Hercules Cluster (Messier 13), and another globular cluster, Messier 92
- 10 PM northeastern sky – Draco constellation with the double star Nu Draconis