Here are some of the things to see in June:
- 10 pm, northwest sky – Ursa Major with the Big Dipper, a familiar asterism formed by the constellation’s brightest stars – Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Phecda, Dubhe, and Merak – that can be used to find a number of famous deep sky objects, including the Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101), Bode’s Galaxy (Messier 81), the Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82), and the Owl Nebula (Messier 97) in Ursa Major, and the Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51) in the neighbouring constellation Canes Venatici
- 10 pm, southern sky – Boötes constellation with Arcturus, the fourth brightest star in the sky, and the contrasting double star Izar (Epsilon Boötis)
- 10 pm, southeast sky – Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, a small constellation recognizable for the semicircular arc formed by its brightest stars, the brightest of which is the eclipsing binary Alphecca
- 10 pm, eastern sky – Hercules constellation with the Keystone, a prominent asterism that serves as a guide to the Great Hercules Cluster (Messier 13), an exceptionally bright bright globular cluster, and Messier 92, another bright globular cluster in Hercules
- Draco constellation, curling around Ursa Minor and Polaris, with the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), a bright planetary nebula that lies 4.4 arcminutes from the north ecliptic pole, and the Spindle Galaxy (NGC 5866) a magnitude 10.7 lenticular galaxy believed to be the object catalogued as Messier 102
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