Today:
New on the scene this month is an old favorite, the Summer Triangle. Near 10 o’clock, the brightest star of this trio, Vega, is in the east, about two thirds of the way up from the horizon. Deneb is much lower and in the northeast, to Vega’s left. The third member is rising in the east, known as Altair. They will grace the evening skies through the rest of the year.
Wednesday:
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.
Thursday:
Looking to the southwest at 9:30, you can pan toward the west and see that Regulus has drawn noticeably closer to Mars. If you then pan toward the south, you can see that Moon has drawn close to the bright and blue star Spica, the Moon appearing to its right. Unlike what will be a more prolonged proximity between Mars and Regulus, the Moon will already have shifted noticeably to the left/south of Spica by tomorrow night.