Skip to main content

The Sky This Month for June 7 to July 5, 2023

Submitted by denisjgrey@gmail.com on 18 June 2023

The PDF contains the detailed notes for The Sky This Month presentation by Chris Vaughan at the Recreational Astronomy Night Meeting on June 7, 2023. Highlights include:

Daytime all month – View the sun with safe solar filters!

June 7 to 21 nights – Moonless nights for DSOs

June 11 at 4:30 am EDT – Jupiter Double Shadow Transit

June 12-13 evenings – Venus brushes the Beehive (M44)

June 14 predawn – Old moon with Jupiter

June 21-July 4 after sunset – View moon features at dusk!

June 21 evening – Crescent moon with Venus & Mars

July 1 around 1:30 am EDT - Moon occults dbl star Alniyat

July 5 nights – Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) brighter