Actual Astronomy Ep. 123: Objects to Observe in June

<p class="p1">Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Best events for the month for June:</strong></p> <p class="p1">- The Annular Solar Eclipse for those who can travel or lucky to live in the right location but for everyone else it’ll be…</p> <p class="p1">- The Planetary line up of Venus, Moon and Mars around mid-month.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Planetary Roundup:</strong></p> <p class="p1">- Mercury – The innermost planet is too close to the Sun to observe in June 2021.</p> <p class="p1">- Mars moves West from Gemini while Venus moves East from Taurus and they both eventually meet up in Cancer.</p> <p class="p1">- Jupiter and Saturn – The gas giants continue along their separate ways with Saturn in Capricornus and Jupiter in Aquarius both now high enough out of the morning murk to become telescopic targets.</p> <p class="p1">- Neptune and Uranus remain too low on the horizon for any observations apart from Lunar pairings.</p> <p class="p1">- June 1st – Jupiter 5-degrees north of the Moon.</p> <p class="p1">- June 6th – Asteroid 3 Juno reaches opposition today reaching magnitude 10.1. Located in the constellation of Ophiuchus.</p> <p class="p1">- June 7th – Uranus 2-degrees north of the Moon</p> <p class="p1">- June 10th – Annular Solar Eclipse. <strong>Warning Note:</strong> Annual Eclipses are not total eclipses so the Sun is never entirely blocked by the Sun and therefore can <span class= "s1">never</span> be viewed without a telescope during an Annular Eclipse. Properly filtered telescopic and naked eye observations using solar glasses will provide dramatic views of a giant ring of solar disc.</p> <p class="p1">Visible from Russia, Greenland Europe and Northeastern North America. So this is not visible from Saskatchewan but the path is within a long days drive. It would be a 1300km drive for a chance to briefly see this annular eclipse at Sunrise.</p> <p class="p1"><a href= "https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=2021061