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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The <\/span>New Moon<\/b> occuring on June 10th will set the stage for an <\/span>Annular Eclipse.\u00a0 <\/b>The <\/span>Moon<\/b> will be a little too far from <\/span>Earth<\/b> for its disk to completely cover the <\/span>Sun.<\/b>\u00a0 Instead, a bright ring of light (also known as an \u2018annulus\u2019 or \u2018ring of fire\u2019), will be visible for those viewing the event within the path of totality.\u00a0 The band of \u2018total eclipse\u2019 will begin in <\/span>Ontario<\/b>, just north of <\/span>Lake Superior<\/b> and proceed over <\/span>Nunavut <\/b>and<\/span> Greenland<\/b> before making its way across the <\/span>North Pole<\/b>, finally terminating in <\/span>NE Siberia<\/b>.\u00a0 Sites in <\/span>Upper Michigan<\/b> and other parts of the northern United States will see a partial eclipse commencing at<\/span> 6:42 a.m. EDT<\/b>.\u00a0 The eclipse will end for viewers in Siberia just after local sunrise.\u00a0 Tables and viewing links can be explored in more detail at the Abrams Planetarium website\u2019s <\/span>Extra Content Page <\/b>(<\/span>abramsplanetarium.org\/msta\/<\/span><\/i>) .<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Our observing challenge for June is set for June 8 when the old <\/span>waning Crescent Moon<\/b> passes 7 to 8 degrees to the lower right of the <\/span>Pleiades<\/b> in <\/span>Taurus the Bull.\u00a0 <\/b>Other notable <\/span>Lunar <\/b>events in June will include our first peek at the very young <\/span>Crescent Moon<\/b> 40 minutes after sunset on June 11.\u00a0 One only need to find bright <\/span>Venus<\/b> in the WNW as the young Moon will be just below and to the right of this <\/span>Evening \u2018Star\u2019<\/b>.\u00a0 The <\/span>First Quarter<\/b> and <\/span>Full Moon<\/b> will take place on June 17 and 24, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>As mentioned, <\/span>Venus<\/b> has now transitioned to the evening sky and shines brightly at a magnitude of -3.8.\u00a0 On June 4 and 5, it will set 1.4 hours after sunset and its position (or declination) of +24 degrees 26 minutes marks the farthest northern point the planet can be seen for observers located around 40 degrees latitude.\u00a0 This location will not appear to change for nearly two weeks before and after it reaches this position.\u00a0 Soon after, it will pick up the pace and by November 6, the setting point will have moved\u00a0 to -27 degrees 15 minutes, a change in azimuth of 69 degrees in five months.<\/span> Mars<\/b> continues to fade reaching a mag of +1.8.\u00a0 <\/span>The Red Planet<\/b> begins June 25 degrees above and to the left of Venus and will close the distance to only 7 degrees by month\u2019s end.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0At the end of June, <\/span>Saturn<\/b> will be rising in the ESE within two hours after sunset, followed by <\/span>Jupiter<\/b> an hour later.\u00a0 Jupiter will be 20 degrees lower and to the left of Saturn but won\u2019t be hard to spot shining at mag -2.4 to -2.6.\u00a0 Saturn will be a more modest magnitude of +0.6 to +0.4.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lunar <\/span>conjunctions<\/b> (times when the Moon passes near or in front of other objects) will take place during the month with Venus, Pollux, Mars, Regulus, Spica, Antares, Saturn, and Jupiter.\u00a0 All seem to be timed for viewers in North America .\u00a0 Specific dates and times can be found in <\/span>Abrams Sky Calendar<\/span><\/i> on their web site – check the diagrams for May 31, June 1, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 22, and 27 – 29.\u00a0 Enjoy you summer viewing and as the late Jack Horkheimer (known for his <\/span>Star Gazer <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Star Hustler<\/span><\/i> programs on PBS) used to say at the close of his shows, \u201cKeep looking up!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Compiled by Ken Raisanen of WOAS-FM – information provided by <\/span>Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar<\/span><\/i>, Michigan State University.\u00a0 More information and subscription information can be found on the their website at <\/span>http:\/\/abramsplanetarium.org\/<\/span><\/a>skycalendar\/ or on Twitter at <\/span>http:\/\/twitter.com\/AbramsSkyNotes<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Yearly subscriptions cost $12 and can be started anytime.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top Piece Video:\u00a0 Blues Traveler recommend a reckless Lunar policy . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The New Moon occuring on June 10th will set the stage for an Annular Eclipse.\u00a0 The Moon will be a little too far from Earth for its disk to completely cover the Sun.\u00a0 Instead, a bright ring of light (also known as an \u2018annulus\u2019 or \u2018ring of fire\u2019), will be visible for those viewing 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