Night Sky in June 2020: All astronomical events you can see this month

night sky has been mesmerizing us since origin of human race. With so many things happening in sky, it is hard to control oneself from miring beauty of night, moon, stars, and more. While re have been many astromical events occurring in 2020, June has offered us with several such experiences starting from Strawberry Moon Eclipse to Big Dipper as a Star Pointer. re are still so many events left for us in June 2020 to mire night sky. Here is a list of few night sky events that you might love to witness this month.

Night Sky in June 2020 - All remaining events of month

Crescent Moon near Uranus

As per reports, Old Moon will pass below Uranus in eastern sky before dawn on Wednesday, June 17. blue-green planet will be visible in telescopes and biculars, especially for observers at sourly latitudes where surrounding sky will be darker. 

Double Show Transit on Jupiter 

On Friday i.e. June 19, 2020, observers across Asia will be able to witness double show transit of Jupiter's four Galilean moons. small black circular shows cast by Jupiter's Moons can be seen in any of telescope as y transit planet's disk for several hours. At 12:03 AM IST, Friday, Ganymede's larger show will join Europa's smaller show and n 40 minutes later Europa's show will move off planet at 12:43 AM IST, leaving Ganymede's show to complete its crossing completely. 

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Crescent Moon meets Venus

On Friday i.e. June 19, in a few hours after sunrise, incredibly slim crescent of Moon will be seen very close to our solar system's bright planet, Venus. To witness moment, one must look for pair just above East-rastern horizon and y will be able to observe moon and Venus fitting toger in field of view of biculars and backyard telescopes. One can also a nice widefield photograph when composed with foreground scenery. Observers in India will be able to see this event at 01:30 PM IST.

June Solstice

On Sunday, June 21 at 03:14 AM IST, sun will reach its rrnmost declination for year. This results in longest daylight hours of year for rrn Hemisphere and shortest daylight hours of year for Sourn Hemisphere. solstice is considered to mark beginning of summer season in rrn Hemisphere, and winter in Sourn Hemisphere.

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New Moon and Annular Solar Eclipse

At its new phase on Sunday, June 21 at 12:11 PM IST, moon will be travelling between Earth and sun. Since sunlight is only shining on side of moon aimed away from us, and moon is in same region of sky as sun. This means moon will be hidden from view everywhere on Earth for about a day. However, this new moon will only occur 6.2 days past apogee which will result in a thin-ringed annular solar eclipse visible across central Africa and sourn Asia. path of totality for this eclipse will commence at 16:48 CAT in central Africa. Greatest eclipse, with 98.8% of sun blocked by moon, will occur for 38 seconds at 12:10 PM IST in rastern India, where sun will be at an altitude of 83°. 

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Neptune Reverses Direction

On Tuesday, June 23, Neptune Retrogre will mark its presence in its regular eastward orbital motion through background stars. This retrogre loop will last until end of vember. On this date, you'll find beautiful planet in eastern Aquarius, sitting at 6.5 degrees to west of Mars and 3.5 degrees east of medium-bright star Phi Aquarii. However, during coming months, Neptune will move toward that star. 

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