Today:
All night, every night, the North Star is right where it always is – half way up, due north. Many are surprised that the North Star is not the brightest star in the heavens. Rather than its brightness, Polaris’s location directly above the Earth’s North Pole makes this the Pole Star. As the Earth spins on its axis, this star remains fixed in the same place, while the rest of the skies appear to pivot around it.
Sunday:
Looking into the west-northwest by 9 PM, you should be able to note Jupiter, as it floats abreast of the much brighter Venus, to its right. Closer to the horizon and farther to the right, Mercury will also appear, as the last of the sunlight dims. All will have sunk below the horizon by 11:20.
Monday:
June finds the Milky Way just beginning to return to the skies in the east, surrounded by the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle. The Milky Way will climb a little higher each evening,, allowing the skies to feature increasingly better views of the faint wisps of star clouds that form our view of the Milky Way. It remains visible in the evening skies through the winter.