Learn what is happening in June 2008 and what has happened in June in the past. Discover highlights of the night sky and learn what to look for in June 2008.
June Highlight - Saturn and Jupiter
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While Saturn is dropping in the sky during June, it's still quite a sight to see. Meanwhile, be sure to watch for Jupiter, on the rise. As it retrogrades through Sagittarius, it will clear the horizon around 90 minutes after sunset during mid-month.
Learn more about the planets Saturn and Jupiter; and take a solar system tour.
June Skymap
Nick Greene
Check out this map for the month of June, or create your own customized map with our Free Sky Maps tool.
Note: This map is for a median time and location and June have slight differences from your location and viewing time. Planets and moons shown on this map will have the highest probability of appearing in different locations.
Use this handy Sky Map Symbols Key to figure out what you should be looking for.
Events in June
Copyright 1995-2003, California Institute of Technology
Check out our Astronomical Events Calendar to learn about other happenings in space and on Earth. Here is a sampling of highlights.
- 2: Moon at Perigee
- 7: Mercury is in Inferior Conjunction
- 8: Venus is in Superior Conjunction
- 16: Moon at apogee
- 21: Summer Begins
Featured Constellation - Lyra
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Featured Biography - Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell was born August 1, 1818, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the third child of William and Lydia Mitchell, a Quaker family with ten children. Although she did attend the Cyrus Peirce School for Young Ladies for a time and was taught by her father, she was primarily self-educated.This Month in History
Check every day to learn what happened "This Day in History."- 1: 1928 - Birthday Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut, Soyuz 11
- 5: 1819 - Birthday John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune
- 11: 1969 - David Bowie released "Space Oddity"
- 30: 1908 - A mysterious explosion occurred in the skies over Siberia. It has since been attributed to comet fragments.
