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What's up for June, 2019?

6/1/2019

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So Friends, let’s have a look at What’s Up For June 2019 in the sky? This Month will be dominated by Jupiter with Moon and Mercury getting little closer. Jupiter will be visible throughout the night as the brightest visible object after Moon. You can take a binocular or a small telescope and view the four Largest Moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa. The planet may also reveal its bands through the small instruments used. The Moon and Mercury make a beautiful pair after sunset on 17th and 18th. Look for it in the low western horizon. We also have a beautiful opportunity for an observation this month: Moon’s tilted orbit. You will observe Saturn and Jupiter this month. Imagine a line passing through them. Now observe the Moon’s path every day. You will notice that the Moon’s path will cross the Line of Jupiter and Saturn. The line that you have imagined is more or less the orbital plane of Earth and other planets around the Sun. You will find that the path of Moon is almost five degrees tilted with respect to the orbital plane. This explains the tilted orbit of Moon and the reason behind the rareness of Eclipses although Moon completes its revolution in (more or less) 30 days. Well Friends, that’s all for this month. See you all in the next article.

By Sattik Bhowmick,
Junior Member,
​SWAN.

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