June
05, 2007 Opposition
of Jupiter
June 08, 2007 Meteor Shower, Arietids. Head for a very dark location,
and watch meteors from the direction of Aries.
June 09, 2007 Venus greatest elongation east, 45.4 deg.
June
13, 2007 Venus is close Beehive cluster (M44).
June
18, 2007 Moon occults Venus, the dissappearance visible from Delhi. For
sky map
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June
19, 2007 Saturn very close to Moon, just half degree away, and it could
make a very nice picture.
June
19, 2007 Summer Solstice. The Sun touches its northenmost point, stays
up the longest in northern hemisphere, height of summers.
June 27, 2007 Meteor Shower, June Bootids. With the Moon absent from
the mornign sies, this could mean quite a number of meteors.
June 30, 2007 Full Moon.
Naked - Eye Planets
Venus: Through out the month it can be seen bright above the horizon after sunset. It is moving towards the Saturn in constellation of Leo from Gemini.
Saturn: It will be visible near the nose of the LION (in the leo constellation) through out this month.
Jupiter: It will rise around the sunset, in Scorpius and moving slowly towards Ophiuchus, faint constellation adjacent to Scorpius.
Mars: It will rise around 2 am in Pieces. It will look like a 1 magnitude star in its characteristic red colour.
Mercury:
One can enjoy the view of mercury early in the month very close to horizon.
