Local Sky Events

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• Annular Solar Eclipse June 10 5:00 - 6:30 AM at sunrise, but it will only be a partial in Central NYS. Totality lies in NW Quebec and No. Ontario.
• Tiny Mercury is lost in the glare of the sun this month.
• Venus appears as the evening star as it rises further above the west-northwestern horizon shining at -3.8 magnitude.
• Mars becomes more difficult to spot above and to the left of Venus as it nears the western horizon. Binoculars may be necessary.
• Jupiter & Saturn continue to dominate the early morning sky. Jupiter, magnitude -2.4, outshines Saturn, magnitude +0.4, 18 degrees to its west. Its rings are still open enough to enjoy.
• Evening Moon: Jun 11, Moon below Venus. Jun 13: Moon slightly above Mars. Morning Moon: Jun 27, Moon below Saturn. Jun 28, Moon below and to the right of Jupiter.
• Moon: Third quarter June 2, New on June 10, First Qt June 18, and full on June 24.
• See our Links page - Sky Watching - for other events.
• See Sky and Telescope Magazine (This Week's Sky at a Glance) from our Links page for more events.