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June : June sees the start of Winter in the southern hemisphere and the long cool winter nights make for perfect stargazing conditions. The rich, dense star clouds of the centre of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, arc overhead. Constellations to explore in June include Centaurus and Crux, better known as The Southern Cross. Here you’ll find a number of deep sky objects such as globular cluster, Omega Centauri and the “hamburger galaxy” Centaurus A. These and many more can objects are clearly visible in a small telescope or binoculars and under the right conditions, visible with just your eyes.

The largest planets in the Solar System put on a fine show late into the night. Saturn will rise in the mid-evening eastern sky with Jupiter following not terribly long after in the same general direction. On the 12th June Venus will sparkle brightly just two degrees away from a two day old thin crescent Moon.

The 21st June is also the Winter Solstice. This is when the Sun is at its most northerly point in the sky as viewed by us Earthlings and the day with the least number of day light hours.

Full Moon The moon is currently in SagittariusThe moon is 14 days old

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