Astronomy - June 2015

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LEO MINOR

LEO

URSA MAJOR

CRATER

VIRGO

SEXTANS

CORVUS

HYDRA

ENTAURUS

CANES VENAT

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Spica

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Denebola

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Regulus

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NGC 5139

NGC 5128

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Jupiter

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Open cluster

Globular cluster

Diffuse nebula

Planetary nebula

Galaxy

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MAP SYMBOLS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary

in size due to the distance from Earth

JUNE 2015 and are shown at 0h Universal Time.

Calendar of events

1 The Moon passes 1.9° north of

Saturn, 4 P.M. EDT

2 Full Moon occurs at

12:19 P.M. EDT

6 Venus is at greatest eastern

elongation (45°), 2 P.M. EDT

Asteroid Ceres is stationary,

6 P.M. EDT

8 The Moon passes 3° north of

Neptune, 11 P.M. EDT

9 Last Quarter Moon

occurs at 11:42 A.M. EDT

10 The Moon is at perigee

(229,728 miles from Earth),

12:44 A.M. EDT

11 Mercury is stationary, 4 P.M. EDT

The Moon passes 0.5° south of

Uranus, 4 P.M. EDT

Asteroid Pallas is at opposition,

9 P.M. EDT

12 Neptune is stationary,

4 P.M. EDT

14 Mars is in conjunction with the

Sun, noon EDT

The Moon passes 0.04° south of

Mercury, 10 P.M. EDT

15 The Moon passes 1.0° north of

Aldebaran, 8 A.M. EDT

16 New Moon occurs at

10:05 A.M. EDT

20 The Moon passes 6° south of

Venus, 7 A.M. EDT

The Moon passes 5° south of

Jupiter, 8 P.M. EDT

21 Summer solstice occurs at

12:38 P.M. EDT

23 The Moon is at apogee (251,116

miles from Earth), 1:00 P.M. EDT

24 Mercury passes 2° north of

Aldebaran, 4 A.M. EDT

First Quarter Moon

occurs at 7:03 A.M. EDT

Mercury is at greatest western

elongation (22°), 1 P.M. EDT

28 The Moon passes 2° north of

Saturn, 9 P.M. EDT

SPECIAL OBSERVING DATE

30 Venus and Jupiter come

within 0.3° of each other

in the evening sky.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ASTRONOMY

: ROEN KELLY

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