USPS Star Calendar for 24-30 June 17 June 2012
Posted by amedalen in June 2012.Tags: Antares, Arcturus, Mars, Regulus, Saturn, Scorpion
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25 Jun Mars is 4 finger-widths above the moon in the southwest tonight. About one-third of the moon’s surface is illuminated.
26 Jun This evening Mars is 1 fist-width to the moon’s upper right, and magnitude 0.7 Saturn is 2 fist-widths to the upper left. Magnitude 1.2 Regulus is just below Saturn.
27 Jun Regulus is 2 finger-widths to the moon’s upper left tonight, and Saturn is 2 finger-widths above Regulus.
28 Jun The moon is farther east tonight with Regulus and Saturn 1 fist-width to the upper right. Look high above the moon for magnitude 0.2 Arcturus.
30 Jun Tonight the moon is in the head of the Scorpion with magnitude 1.1 Antares 3 finger-widths to the lower left.
USPS Star Calendar for 17-23 June 10 June 2012
Posted by amedalen in June 2012.Tags: first day of summer, Jupiter, Mercury, Pleiades, Regulus, Venus
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17 Jun Jupiter and the waning crescent moon rise 1½ hours before the sun. Jupiter is 1 finger-width to the moon’s upper right, the Pleiades Cluster is 2½ finger-widths above the moon, and brilliant Venus is 3 finger-widths to the moon’s lower left.
20 Jun Summer begins at 2307 UT as the sun reaches its farthest point north of the celestial equator.
21 Jun Look low in the west at dusk to see the thin waxing crescent moon close to the horizon with Mercury 4 finger-widths to the upper right.
23 Jun An hour after sunset, look for the thin waxing crescent moon low in the west, 4 finger-widths below magnitude 1.3 Regulus.
USPS Star Calendar for 10-16 June 3 June 2012
Posted by amedalen in June 2012.Tags: apogee, Fomalhaut, Jupiter, last-quarter moon
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10 Jun In the south before dawn, magnitude 1.3 Fomalhaut is 2½ fist-widths below the waning gibbous moon.
11 Jun The last-quarter moon rises 4½ hours before the sun and is high in the southeast at first light.
13 Jun The moon rises 3½ hours before the sun, and just above the eastern horizon, brilliant magnitude -2.0 Jupiter rises 1 1/4 hours before sunrise.
16 Jun The moon is at apogee, 63.62 Earth-radii (406,000 kilometers) away.