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When at the Internet's Virtual Telescope, enter an NGC number or an M number or the RA & DEC numbers of the object you want to view into the box under "Required Parameters" and select the type of survey from the boxes. ( I usually use the Digitized Sky Survey but feel free to play around with the different surveys.)
The First Quarter Moon will be on the 20th.
The Second Quarter (full) Moon will be on the 27th.
The Third Quarter Moon will be on the 6th.
The Moon will be at Apogee (farthest from the Earth) on the 6th.
The Moon will be at Perigee (closest to the Earth) on the 20th.
Mercury will be 8 degrees south of the Moon on the 12th.
Venus will be 0.08 degrees (occultation) south of the Moon on the 16th.
Mars will be 5 degrees north of the Moon on the 20th.
Jupiter will be 7 degrees south of the Moon on the 9th.
Saturn will be 8 degrees north of the Moon on the 23rd.
The Moon will be 6 degrees north of Uranus on the 9th.
The Moon will be 4 degrees north of Neptune on the 7th.
The Moon will be 1.1 degree north of the bright star Aldebaran on the 3rd.
The Moon will be 0.09 degrees south of the asteroid Ceres on the 29th.
Mercury will be low in the east just before sunrise.
Venus is in the west-southwest shortly after sunset.
Mars is nearly overhead at sunset.
Jupiter is low in the east at sunrise.
Saturn is nearly overhead at sunset.
Uranus is in the east at sunrise.
Neptune is in the east after sunset and is in the constellation Capricornus.
Pluto is in northern Sagittarius. See SkyandTelescope.com/pluto for more information.
For more information about the paths of these planets, visit the Sky & Telescope or Astronomy websites by using the links above, or see the individual planet charts on Page 67 of the June 2008 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
The Orion Nebula (M-42) is a great object to view in almost any telescope.Its visible naked eye below the middle belt star.
The Double Cluster (NGC 869 & NGC 884) in Perseus is always a nice object for any scope and is visible naked eye (its that fuzzy blob between Perseus and Cassiopia).
The Beehive Cluster (M-44) is a nice open cluster that can be viewed in any scope. It is located between the rectangle of Gemini and the sickle of Leo. It appears as a fuzzy patch of light to the naked eye.
The Hercules Cluster (M-13) is visible with binoculars and is a great view in any telescope! It is a globular star cluster with an estimated 500,000 stars and is located between the two bright stars that make up the western half of the keystone in the constellation Hercules.
The Summer Milky Way is rising after midnight. There are many bright deep sky objects in the summer Milky Way that are visible naked eye and with any size telescope. Many of the objects on the Messier List are located here.
The Andromeda Galaxy (M-31) is the most distant object visible to the naked eye at 2.2 million light years. It is located above and to the left (north-east) of the Great Square of Pegasus.
May 3, 2007, United States Astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra, died.
May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space
May 14, 1973, The Space Station Skylab was launched.
May 17, 1836, Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer English astronomer, who studied solar eclipses, was born.
May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 was launched.
May 20, 1978, The Pioneer-Venus 1 orbiter spacecraft was launched.
May 24th, 1543, The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus died.
May 27th, 1990, The Space Shuttle Discovery mission to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) was launched.
May 30, 1966, Surveyor 1 was launched.
May 30, 1971, Mariner 9 ,the first spacecraft to survey Mars from orbit, was launched.
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