June is more exciting than normal, by providing us a chance to see all the naked eye planets by month’s end, lunar close encounters with all but Mercury, and an especially close one with Saturn (only 1˚!), with most planets visible for long periods of the night. So get out your scope and try to find all the planets in one night!
Tag: planet
May 3rd: Uranus Jokes Never Get Old
Apr 7th: Observing With Webb in April 2018
April brings us plenty of Jupiter time, a close encounter between Mars and Saturn, and a potentially decent Lyrid meteor shower. And MAYBE some better weather.
Mar 3rd: Observing With Webb in March 2018
Feb 9th: Falcon Heavy Launch, New Exoplanets, and More!
Feb 8th: Very Large Objects!
Feb 4th: Scoping Planets & Laser Surfing
Jan 28th: Nearby Planets & Asteroid Day
Jan 21st: Ice World Rolling In
Dr. Yossi Shvartzvald discovered planet OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb & Greg Leonard spotted 2017 JA from the direction opposite to the Sun