Having simply had a belated chat with the beautiful Jules on Suffolk Sound, this is a reminder of what you possibly can see for the rest of the month.
It by no means really will get darkish within the UK in June: the solstice on the twentieth results in the longest day of the 12 months. (By the way: opposite to what I’ve heard on TV, the radio and in lecture rooms, the seasons are produced by the lean of the Earth’s axis – in Summer time, the north pole is tilted in the direction of the Solar, within the Winter, it is tipped away) Regardless of this, a number of planets are nonetheless seen:
Jupiter will rise earlier than the Solar at round 03.30 within the constellation of Taurus
Mars rises just a little earlier at round 02.30. On June third the skinny crescent Moon will probably be shut by, whereas in the direction of the tip of the month Mars will probably be seen within the west simply after sundown near the brilliant blue-white star Regulus.
Saturn is seen for longer, rising at 01.00, with the final quarter Moon coming shut on the twenty seventh & twenty eighth
The winter constellations have disappeared till the Autumn, being changed by the acquainted constellations of Cygnus (the ‘Northern Cross’) Lyra and Aquila, whose brightest stars Deneb, Vega and Altair make up the well-known Summer time Triangle.
A tremendous and exquisite spectacle that will happen in June is a show of Noctilucent Clouds. An hour or so after sundown the northern sky may be lined by a tracery of electrical blue threads and waves. The origin of this phenomenon isn’t totally understood, however is probably brought on by the long-set Solar illuminating extraordinarily excessive clouds of ice crystals.
