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Northants Skies

June 2010

                                                            Northants Skies

Moon
Moon

The Moon. 

Full Moon July 26th
New Moon July 11th               

 

 

Mercury
Mercury

Mercury is at superior conjunction so is still unobservable

Venus
Venus

Venus. Venus is still bright evening star


Mars
Mars

 Mars. graces the evening in the constellation of Leo

 

Jupiter

Jupiter

 Jupiter. Jupiter rises before midnight

Saturn

Saturn

 

 

 

 

Saturn Saturn is an evening object as it joins Venus and Mars

Uranus

Uranus

 

 

 

 

 

Uranus rises shortly after midnight and is near Jupiter however its drifting away

Neptune

Neptune

 

 

 

 

 

NeptuneFavourable a month after oppersition

Pluto best sought after midnight from a good dark location

METEORS
The alpha Cygnids peak on the 21st with bright gibbous Moon. The Capricornids peak on the 8th, 15th and 26th getting less favourable each time

 

By Mervyn Lloyd