OBSERVING Using the Map β L M52 A C E δ ζ A μ α R NIGHT: Look for Spica about 4° southeast of the M2 9 Elt in an 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 28 29 30 Open cluster Diffuse nebula γ 21 Variable star β 20 O 19 α δ 18 β U S β ζ 17 NA RO LIS CO REA BO ES 16 M13 UL κ 15 E Q U LIBRA η 14 Galaxy Double star ζ ε RC β 13 SE η π HE α α 12 g C M92 α γ 11 31 12 18h M7 γ 9 Ant σ are s n -20° π σ α M4 SC M6 OR 2 PI US M6 Satur β ν δ M1 20 10 M 9 23 8 M 7 S 8 6 IU M 5 S AT 21 FR I TA R SER (CA PE PU M5 M Moon June 2 M 4 Vega ε M57 17 3 THU M I U 10 C H τ in 2 WED c Fa 1 TUE 25 First Qtr June 24 7:02 a.m. EDT MON H M IT 22 New June 16 10:05 a.m. EDT M Last Qtr June 9 11:42 a.m. EDT σ Full June 2 12:19 p.m. EDT G M SA B +20° α P 6 SW Moon Phases S UN M1 S UM SE UT NW Saturn SC Jupiter W η ζ R LYRA 1 Hidden in the Sun's glare all month Mars A δ O M1 NW R C YG NU S A lbire o 70 E λ W Venus β NE μ β S EN ) RP DA SE AU (C SUNRISE ▶ Visible June 22 through July 13 Mercury Zenith θ MIDNIGHT ζ LA AQUI SHOWN FOR LATITUDE 40° NORTH AT MID-MONTH ◀ SUNSET CULA γ η θ Planet Visibility VULPE SAGITTA α / Venus low in the west, just 1 3° apart. Altair DUSK: After the Sun sets, look for Jupiter and US DUSK: Find Saturn about 2° from the waxing gibbous Moon. 30 Facing East 28 M27 h 21 next week. Watch each evening as they draw closer until their conjunction on the 30th. DELPHIN γ DUSK: Venus is less than 2° from Jupiter for the D γ N or χ t Cr hern os s first quarter Moon, which sets after midnight. γ ε 25 eb EVENING: The waxing crescent Moon hangs about 5° left of Regulus, with Jupiter and Venus to the lower right. Little Dipper α Den Hemisphere. Summer begins at the solstice, 12:38 p.m. EDT. β T ε M3 9 21 THE LONGEST DAY of the year in the Northern 27 S EU PH CE R thin crescent Moon. α in EVENING: Look below Venus and Jupiter for the 21 A c Fa just 10° apart. The Beehive Star Cluster (M44) gleams just below the brilliant light of Venus. PEI SIO γ N E EXACT FOR LATITUDE 40º NORTH. 13 DUSK: Look west to see Venus and Jupiter, now 19 α g Jupiter from 9:59 to 11:14 p.m. PDT (4:59 to 6:14 June 4th UT). δ NIGHT: A double shadow transit occurs on CAS 3 ε the nearly full Moon shines a few degrees away. Watch through the night as the Moon draws away. Double Cluster NIGHT: Saturn is low in the southeast at dusk; 0h Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. Above it are the constellations in front of you. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. JUNE 2015 1 orth Sky at a Glance χ ε λ υ ϕ μ η LUPUS γ 1 Globular cluster Planetary nebula Facing