{"id":417,"date":"2017-05-28T09:06:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T08:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2019-06-04T20:59:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:59:09","slug":"sky-guide-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/28\/sky-guide-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Guide June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5395753\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/20170603--Awesome-Astronomys-June-Sky-Guide.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>What to look out, and up, for in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeni returns from astronomy research in South Africa so the gang\u2019s back together to pick their highlights for this month\u2019s skies; starting with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ralph \u2013 Saturn reaches opposition this month and coincides with a nearby meteor shower<\/li><li>Jeni \u2013 Jupiter in prime viewing conditions with some lovely Galilean transits<\/li><li>Paul \u2013 We still have comet C\/2015 V2 Johnson in the skies for a nice alternative distraction<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ralph \u2013 The Double Double binary Alpha Lyrae<\/li><li>Jeni &#8211;  The Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51<\/li><li>Paul \u2013 Globular Clusters Messiers 10 &amp; 12 in Ophiuchus<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we finish this sky guide with June\u2019s moon phases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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