Tag: june
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From the Micromoon to the Supermoon: June to December 2026
Today we are looking into the past, just a couple of days back to the 29th of June. This was the last Full Moon. We do, of course, have another Full Moon coming up at the end of July, but this was the most recent Full Moon that we had. In Ireland we saw it…
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The Midnight Sun From the Edge of the Arctic Circle
Today we are yet again going to take a look at the solstice, but we are going to look at the solstice in another, slightly different, way. In a recent piece, we took a look at the solstice from the Moon. We’re starting a few days before the solstice, the 16th, so the Moon is…
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Stargazing in June: The Summer Constellations
Today we are going to take another look at the night sky for the month of June this year, 2026. We’re going to concentrate on the constellations, the stars, but it is worth pointing out the planets at the beginning of the night. To the west will be Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. They are all…
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Stargazing in June: Planets at Sunset and Sunrise, The Milky Way, and the Moon
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for June. Last time we looked ahead to the month of June to take a look at Venus and Jupiter having a close conjunction at sunset. Mercury was also up when Venus and Jupiter were up. Even in early June, we have to…
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A Close Conjunction in Early June: Venus and Jupiter
Today we are looking ahead to the month of June. We’re not looking very far into the future, just to the 7th, still just at the beginning of the month. Most of the interesting events in June are happening later in the month, for example the summer solstice and Mercury’s greatest elongation. There are some…
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A Better Look at the June Constellations
Today we are going to take a closer look at the constellations that we’re going to see over the course of the month. I have already taken a look at the planets and the constellations in June, back in May we looked ahead to this month and the title of the piece was the Planets…
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The Planets and Constellations in June
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the night sky for the month of June. We have already looked at the night sky in June to various degrees, mostly looking at how little of a night we actually get in June, but we’re going to ignore that for this show and concentrate…
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Twilight and the Moon in June
Today we are going to have a look ahead to the coming month. We are going to look ahead to June, which is the month of the summer solstice, but we’re not going to talk about the solstice itself too much just yet. Just before we go all the way forward to June, we’re going…
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