4 June: Venus at superior conjunction with the Sun at 15h UT (not visible). The brightest planet passes into the evening sky.
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4 June: Mercury 0.12° SE of Jupiter at 11h UT (12° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −2.0 and −1.1.

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Millions of years ago in a galaxy far, far away, a giant star exploded. The supernova explosion known as SN 2024ggi occurred around the time when the great southern land of Gondwana was breaking apart with Australia slowly separating from Antarctica and South America.

The light

2 June: Moon near Mars at 22h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.0.

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A bright comet is coming! Or is it? Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is heading for a close encounter with the Sun and then Earth later this year.

However, over the past 3 weeks the comet's brightness is no longer brightening as originally predicted. Only time will tell if

2 June: Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7:25 UT (distance 368,102km; angular size 32.5').

Reminder -- The Evening Sky Map (PDF) for June 2024 is now available to download at skymaps.com/tesm/ Please share & enjoy the stars in June and beyond! #stargazing #astronomy #space #stars

There is no 'planet parade' spectacle this week! This is a crazy-weird falsehood spreading like wildfire in the modern world. The seven planets other than Earth are in a line. But most of them are too close to our line of sight to the Sun to be seen.
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31 May: Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. Occultation visible from southern South America.

30 May: Last Quarter Moon at 17:12 UT (now).

This Moon phase marks the start of dark moonless evening skies for the next 7 to 10 days. Download a copy of The Evening Sky Map (PDF) from skymaps.com/tesm/ and enjoy an evening under the stars! #Astronomy #Space

Omega Centauri is the largest globular star cluster in the sky with up to 10 million stars. It lies 17,000 light years away in the halo surrounding our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Best seen from the southern hemisphere using a telescope or binoculars, spectacular Omega can also be

24 May: Moon near Antares at 4h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from SE USA, Caribbean, Central America, and West Africa.

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23 May: Full Moon at 13:55 UT (now).

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Messier 10 (M10) and Messier 12 (M12) are two fine globular star clusters located 14,300 and 16,400 light years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. At 11.4 and 13.8 billion years of age, respectively, their stars date back to the early Universe.

Like all

20 May: Moon near Spica at 12h UT (evening sky).

The Sun in H Apha this afternoon at 1348h UT.

18 May: Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition at 23h UT. Mag. 9.0.

18 May: Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT (now). The largest planet passes into the morning sky.

17 May: Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 404,640km; angular size 29.5').