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© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER

Thu, 10 Jun 2021
21:07 EDT
Mercury at inferior solar conjunction

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Tue, 15 Jun 2021
NGC 6388 is well placed

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Wed, 16 Jun 2021
M6 is well placed

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Thu, 17 Jun 2021
NGC 6397 is well placed

Simulated image courtesy of Tom Ruen.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021
23:54 EDT
Moon at First Quarter

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Fri, 18 Jun 2021
IC4665 is well placed

© NASA/Cassini

Sun, 20 Jun 2021
11:07 EDT
Jupiter enters retrograde motion

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Sun, 20 Jun 2021
M7 is well placed

The Earth, as seen by the Apollo 17 astronauts. © NASA

Sun, 20 Jun 2021
23:25 EDT
June solstice

Simulated image courtesy of Tom Ruen.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021
05:54 EDT
The Moon at perigee

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021
18:35 EDT
Close approach of Mars and M44

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Wed, 23 Jun 2021
NGC 6530 is well placed

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Wed, 23 Jun 2021
NGC 6541 is well placed

Simulated image courtesy of Tom Ruen.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021
14:39 EDT
Full Moon

Simulated image courtesy of Tom Ruen.

Fri, 25 Jun 2021
01:47 EDT
The Moon at aphelion

© NASA/Voyager 2

Fri, 25 Jun 2021
13:08 EDT
Neptune enters retrograde motion

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Mon, 28 Jun 2021
NGC 6633 is well placed

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Thu, 01 Jul 2021
M22 is well placed

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Thu, 01 Jul 2021
IC4756 is well placed

© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER

Mon, 05 Jul 2021
00:11 EDT
Mercury at greatest elongation west

© NASA/New Horizons

Sun, 18 Jul 2021
02:27 EDT
134340 Pluto at opposition

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The sky on 22 June 2021
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05:46
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20:42
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12-day old moon
Waxing Gibbous

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Mercury 05:03 12:08 19:14
Venus 07:28 14:51 22:13
Moon 18:32 23:35 04:26
Mars 08:34 15:46 22:57
Jupiter 00:01 05:25 10:50
Saturn 23:06 04:09 09:12
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