In The Sky This Month

June 1998

June 2, 1998 18h 02m Occultation of mag 4.1 star

June 3, 1998 20h 40m Occultation of mag 6.1 star

June 5, 1998 21h + Scorpiids meteor shower

June 10, 1998 06h FULL MOON

June 21, 1998 16h Solstice. The longest night of the year. Make the most of it.

June 24, 1998 06h NEW MOON

June 28, 1998 03h + Cetids meteor shower

June 28, 1998 12h 11m Daylight occultation of mag 1.3 star. This Sunday morning why not try this with binoculars. Or test your ability to see stars during the day. Start looking at least ½ an hour before the event.

June 29, 1998 18h 47 Occultation of mag 4.7 star.

July 1998

July 4, 1998 19h 16m Occultation of mag 5.6 star

July 4, 1998 02h Earth at aphelion.

July 9, 1998 18h FULL MOON

July 17, 1998 05h Mercury greatest elong E (27 deg)

July 23, 1998 16h NEW MOON

July 25, 1998 18h59m Occultation of a mag 5.2 double star

July 26, 1998 20h + Capricornids meteor shower

July 28, 1998 20h + Pisces Australids meteor shower

July 29, 1998 22h + South delta Aquarids meteor shower.

July 30, 1998 20h + Alpha Capricornids meteor shower

Planets.

July is a good time to glimpse Mercury in the west after sunset.

By end July Jupiter will be rising at about 9 p.m.

Otherwise all the bright planets are in the morning sky.