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.