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Revised by: Samantha Salvador 05.29.2016

1) Scorpius (SCOR-pee-us), the Scorpion - June 3

2) Serpens (SER-punz), the Serpent - June 6 3) Ara (AR-uh), the Altar - June 10 4) Ophiuchus (OFF-ee-YOO-kus), the Serpent Bearer - June 11

5) Hercules (HER-kyuh-leez), the Hercules - June 13

6) Corona Australis (cuh-ROE-nuh aw-STRAL-iss), the Southern

Crown - June 30

Remote Video Astronomy Group

MECATX Sky Tour

June 2016

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June 3

Scorpius (SCOR-pee-us),

the Scorpion Sco,

Scorpii (SCOR-pee-eye)

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Scorpius

Meaning: The Scorpion Pronunciation: skor' pee us Abbreviation: Sco Possessive form: Scorpii (skor' pee ee) Asterisms: The Fish Hook Bordering constellations: Ara, Corona Australis, Libra, Lupus,

Norma, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius Overall brightness: 12.480 (10) Central point: RA = 16h49m Dec. = —27° Directional extremes: N = —8° 5= —46° E = 17h55m W = 15h44m Messier objects: M4, M6, M7, M80 Meteor showers: a Scorpiids (3 May) x Scorpiids (5 Jun) Midnight culmination date: 3 Jun Bright stars: a (15), X, (25), 0 (39), c (72), 8 (76), K (81), P. (93), D (111), t (129), n

(146), a (147), 11 (176), µ1 (182) Named stars: Acrab (13), Al Niyat (a), Al Niyat (T), Antares (a), Dschubba (8),

Graffias (c), Jabbah (v), Lesath (v), Sargas (0), Shaula (X), Vespertilio (a)

Near stars: LFT 1358 (33), HD 156384 A-B-C (88), LFT 1266-1267 (102)

Size: 496.78 square degrees (1.204% of the sky) Rank in size: 33 Solar conjunction date: 4 Dec Visibility: completely visible from latitudes: S of +44°

completely invisible from latitudes: N of +82° Visible stars: (number of stars brighter than magnitude 5.5): 62 Interesting facts: (1) In ancient times, Scorpius also contained the stars of the present day

constellation of Libra, the Scales. Libra represented the claws of the Scorpion.

(2) a Sco, or Antares, is one of the four Royal Stars of the ancient Persians. The other three are Aldebaran (a Tau), Regulus (a Leo), and Fomalhaut (a PsA).

(3) a Sco is a reddish star, and since it lies in the band of the zodiac, the planets are often seen nearby. It was because of the frequent proximity of Mars, that this star received its name, 'Antares.' This title is a literal combination of the terms 'anti' and 'Ares,' meaning, of course, 'the rival of Mars.'

(4) About 5° NNE of v Sco lies the strongest x-ray source in the sky. Designated Scorpius X-1, this object is a close binary star with an apparent magnitude of 13. One of the stars is probably a neutron star of high density. As gas enveloping the system streams into the intense gravitational and magnetic fields near this star, it is accelerated to speeds near that of light. The result is the emission of x-rays called synchrotron radiation.

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M4: Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi

Explanation: Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so colorful? The colors result from

a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust illuminated from the front by starlight produces

blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds whose atoms are excited by ultraviolet starlight produce

reddish emission nebulae. Backlit dust clouds block starlight and so appear dark. Antares, a red

supergiant and one of the brighter stars in the night sky, lights up the yellow-red clouds on the

lower center of the featured image. Rho Ophiuchi lies at the center of the blue nebula on the left.

The distant globular cluster M4 is visible to the upper right of center. These star clouds are even

more colorful than humans can see, emitting light across the electromagnetic spectrum.

M6: The Butterfly Cluster

Explanation: To some, the outline of the open cluster of stars M6 resembles a butterfly. M6,

also known as NGC 6405, spans about 20 light-years and lies about 2,000 light years distant.

M6, pictured above, can best be seen in a dark sky with binoculars towards the constellation of

the Scorpion (Scorpius), coving about as much of the sky as the full moon. Like other open

clusters, M6 is composed predominantly of young blue stars, although the brightest star is nearly

orange. M6 is estimated to be about 100 million years old. Determining the distance to clusters

like M6 helps astronomers calibrate the distance scale of the universe.

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M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius

Explanation: M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. The cluster,

dominated by bright blue stars, can be seen with the naked eye in a dark sky in the tail of

the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). M7 contains about 100 stars in total, is about 200

million years old, spans 25 light-years across, and lies about 1000 light-years away. The above

deep image, taken last June from Hungarythrough a small telescope, combines over 60 two-

minute exposures. The M7 star cluster has been known since ancient times, being noted

byPtolemy in the year 130 AD. Also visible are a dark dust cloud and literally millions of

unrelated stars towards the Galactic center.

M80: A Dense Globular Cluster

Explanation: If our Sun were part of M80, the night sky would glow like a jewel box of bright

stars. M80, also known as NGC 6093, is one of about 250 globular clusters that survive in our

Galaxy. Most of the stars in M80 are older and redder than our Sun, but some enigmatic stars

appear to be bluer and younger. Young stars would contradict the hypothesis that all the stars

in M80 formed at nearly the same time. These unusual stars are known as blue stragglers, and by

analyzing pictures like the Hubble Space Telescope image above, astronomers have been able to

find the largest population of blue stragglers yet. As blue stragglers are now thought to be due to

stars coalescing, the collision and capture rate at the dense center of M80 must be very high.

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June 6

Serpens (SER-punz),

the Serpent Ser,

Serpentis (ser-PEN-tiss)

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Serpens

Meaning: The Serpent Pronunciation: sir' pens

Abbreviation: Ser

Possessive form: Serpentis (sir pen' tiss)

Asterisms: none

Bordering constellations: Aquila, Bootes, Corona Borealis, Hercules, Libra, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius, Scutum, Virgo

Overall brightness: 5.652 (67)

Central point: RA = 16h55m Dec. = +5°

Directional extremes: N = +26° S = —16° E = 18h56m W = 14h55m

Messier objects: M5, M16

Meteor showers: none

Midnight culmination date: 6 Jun

Bright stars: a (104)

Named stars: Alya (0), Cor Serpentis (a), Unuk al Hai (a)

Near stars: BD-3°4233 (93) Size: 636.92 square degrees (1.544% of the sky)

Rank in size: 23

Solar conjunction date: 5 Dec

Visibility: completely visible from latitudes: +74° to —64° portions visible worldwide

Visible stars: (number of stars brighter than magnitude 5.5): 36

Interesting facts: (1) Approximately 10° directly north of i3 Lib lies the magnificent globular cluster M5. Perhaps, in the entire northern sky, only M13 in Hercules is more wonderful.

(2) In this constellation is another noteworthy object

on Messier's list, M16, the famous Eagle Nebula. Somewhat disappointing in small and medium-sized instruments, on long-exposure photographs, a magnificent diffuse nebula is revealed. Robert Burnham, Jr., in his famous Celestial Handbook, Dover, 1978 christened this object the 'Star-Queen Nebula.'

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Hubble's Messier 5

Image Credit: HST, ESA, NASA

Explanation: "Beautiful Nebula discovered between the Balance [Libra] & the

Serpent [Serpens] ..." begins the description of the 5th entryin 18th century

astronomer Charles Messier's famous catalog of nebulae and star clusters. Though

it appeared to Messier to be fuzzy and round and without stars, Messier 5 (M5) is now

known to be a globular star cluster, 100,000 stars or more, bound by gravity and

packed into a region around 165 light-years in diameter. It lies some 25,000 light-

years away. Roaming the halo of our galaxy, globular star clusters are ancient

members of the Milky Way. M5 is one of the oldest globulars, its stars estimated to be

nearly 13 billion years old. The beautiful star cluster is a popular target

for Earthbound telescopes. Of course, deployed in low Earth orbit on April 25, 1990,

the Hubble Space Telescope has also captured its own stunning close-up view that

spans about 20 light-years near the central region of M5. Even close to its dense

core at the left, the cluster's aging red and blue giant stars and rejuvenated blue

stragglers stand out in yellow and blue hues in the sharp color image.

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M16 and the Eagle Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Walker

Explanation: A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds

of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully

detailed image of the region includes cosmic sculptures made famous in Hubble Space

Telescope close-ups of the starforming complex. Described as elephant trunks

or Pillars of Creation, dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in

length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Energetic radiation from the

cluster stars erodes material near the tips, eventually exposing the embedded new

stars. Extending from the ridge of bright emission left of center is another dusty

starforming column known as the Fairy of Eagle Nebula. M16 and the Eagle Nebula

lie about 7,000 light-years away, an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes in

anebula rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of

the snake).

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June 10

Ara (AR-uh), the Altar Ara,

Arae (AR-e)

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Ara

Meaning: The Altar Pronunciation: air' uh

Abbreviation: Ara

Possessive form: Arae (air' eye)

Asterisms: none

Bordering constellations: Apus, Corona Australis, Norma, Pavo, Scorpius, Telescopium, Triangulum Australe

Overall brightness: 8.015 (34)

Central point: RA = 17h18m Dec. = —56.50

Directional extremes: N = —45° S = —68° E = 18h06m W = 16h31m

Messier objects: none

Meteor showers: none Midnight culmination date: 10 Jun

Bright stars: 13 (137), a (158), c (195) Named stars: none

Near stars: LFT 1351 (30), 41 Ara A-B (103), LFT 1297 (167) Size: 237.06 square degrees (0.575% of the sky)

Rank in size: 63

Solar conjunction date: 9 Dec

Visibility: completely visible from latitudes: S of +22° completely invisible from latitudes: N of +45°

Visible stars: (number of stars brighter than magnitude 5.5): 19

Interesting facts: (1) NGC 6397, with a visual magnitude of 7.5, is probably the nearest globular cluster to our solar system. It lies at a distance of only 8400 light years.

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June 11

Ophiuchus (OFF-ee-YOO-kus),

the Serpent Bearer Oph

Ophiuchi (OFF-ee-YOO-kye)

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Ophiuchus

Meaning: The Serpent Bearer

Pronunciation: off ee oo' kus

Abbreviation: Oph

Possessive form: Ophiuchi (off ee oo' key)

Asterisms: The Bull of Poniatowski

Bordering constellations: Aquila, Hercules, Libra, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Serpens Overall

brightness: 5.800 (62)

Central point: RA = 17h20m Dec. = —80

Directional extremes: N = +14° S = —30° E = 18h42m W = 15h58m

Messier objects: M9, M10, M12, M14, M19, M62, M107

Meteor showers: 0 Ophiuchids (13 Jun)

Midnight culmination date: 11 Jun

Bright stars: a (56), ri (83), (95), 8 (115), 13(122)

Named stars: Cebalrai ((3), Cheleb (13), Kelb Alrai (13), Rasalhague (a),

Sabik (II), Yed Posterior (c), Yed Prior (8)

Near stars: Barnard's Star (3), Wolf 1061 (25), 70 Oph A-B (42), 36 Oph

A-B (45), LFT 1332 (47), Wolf 629 (62), V1054 Oph A-B-C

(72), Wolf 718 (99), Wolf 751 (176), Wolf 636 (190)

Size: 948.34 square degrees (2.299% of the sky)

Rank in size: 11

Solar conjunction date: 12 Dec

Visibility: completely visible from latitudes: +60° to —76°

portions visible worldwide

Visible stars: (number of stars brighter than magnitude 5.5): 55

Interesting facts: (1) Within the constellation of Ophiuchus lies Barnard's Star, the

star with the greatest proper motion of any in the sky. This 'runaway

star,' as such stars were called in the last century, moves across our

field of view at the rate of 10.29 seconds of arc per year. This means

that in only 175 years, Barnard's Star will have changed its position

by the width of the Moon! This is also a very nearby star. In fact, after

the a Cen system, it is the nearest star to the Earth, lying at a distance

of only 5.95 light years. Barnard's Star is a red dwarf star shining at

an apparent magnitude of 9.5. Irregularities in its motion suggest to

some the possible existence of planetary bodies in orbit around this

star.

(2) The most recent great supernova explosion in our Milky Way galaxy

was observed in this constellation in the year 1604. It is known as

'Kepler's Nova,' due to the detailed study this astronomer made of this

object, although Kepler was not the first to observe it. It was unusual

that on the date the supernova first appeared, it was only 3° to the

northwest of Mars and Jupiter, which were in conjunction, and only

4° to the east of Saturn. At maximum brightness, approxi¬mately

three weeks after its discovery, this object shone at an estimated

visual magnitude of —3.

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Messier 9 Close-up

Explanation: Renown 18th century astronomer Charles Messier described this 9th entry in his

famous astronomical catalog as "Nebula, without star, in the right leg of Ophiuchus ...".

But Messier 9 (M9) does have stars, known to modern astronomers as a globular cluster of over

300,000 stars within a diameter of about 90 light-years. It lies some 25,000 light-years distant,

near the central bulge of our Milky Way galaxy. This Hubble Space Telescope close-up resolves

the dense swarm of stars across the cluster's central 25 light-years. At least twice the age of the

Sun and deficient in heavy elements, the cluster stars have colors corresponding to their

temperatures, redder stars are cooler, bluer stars are hotter. Many of the cluster's cool red

giant stars show a yellowish tint in the sharp Hubble view.

Hydrogen, Helium, and the Stars of M10

Explanation: Stars like the Sun use hydrogen for fuel, "burning" hydrogen into helium at their

cores through nuclear fusion. For a while, hydrogen burns in a shell surrounding the stellar core

and the star expands to become a red giant. The bright reddish-orange stars in this beautiful two-

color composite picture of the old globular star cluster M10 are examples of this phase of stellar

evolution. Yet the bright blue stars apparent in M10 have evolved beyond the simple, hydrogen

shell burning stage. These stars have become "horizontal branch" giants with core temperatures

hot enough to burn helium into carbon. In this image, only the barely visible, faint, gray-

looking stars are likely to still be burning hydrogen at their cores.

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Globular Cluster M19

Explanation: M19 appears to be a typical globular cluster of stars - except for its shape. In

fact, M19 is the most aspherical globular cluster of the approximately 160 known orbiting

the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. M19 lies about 27,000 light-years away, measures about

60 light-years across, and is home to over 100,000 stars. The cluster can be found with

binoculars towards the constellation of Ophiuchus. The reason for the clusters' odd shape

remains unknown, but might be related to the clusters' close (5000 light-year) proximity to

the Galactic Center.

Rosetta's Target Comet M107

Explanation: Cruising along a 6.5 year orbit toward closest approach to the Sun next year,

periodic comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is seen moving past a distant background of stars

in Ophiuchus and globular star cluster M107. The comet'sdeveloping coma is actually visible by

the end of the sequence, extending for some 1300 km into space. Rosetta is scheduled for an

early August rendezvous with the comet's nucleus. Now clearly active, the nucleus is about 4

kilometers in diameter, releasing the dusty coma as its dirty ices begin to sublimate in the

sunlight. The Rosetta lander's contact with the surface of the nucleus is anticipated in November.

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June 13

Hercules (HER-kyuh-leez),

the Hercules Her,

Herculis (HER-kyuh-liss)

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Hercules

Meaning: Hercules (the hero)

Pronunciation: her' cue leez

Abbreviation: Her

Possessive form: Herculis (her' kyoo liss)

Asterisms: The Butterfly, The Keystone

Bordering constellations: Aquila, Bootes, Corona Borealis, Draco, Lyra, Ophiuchus,

Sagitta, Serpens, Vulpecula

Overall brightness: 6.938 (48)

Central point: RA = 17h21m Dec. = +27.5°

Directional extremes: N = +51° S = +4° E = 18h56m W = 15h47m

Messier objects: M13, M92

Meteor showers: Herculids(3Jun)

Midnight culmination date: 13 Jun

Bright stars: c (129), al (183), 8 (197), it (198)

Named stars: Cujam (w), Kajam Kornephoros (13), Maasym (k), Marfak (K),

Marsik (lc), Ras Algethi (a), Sarin (8)

Near stars: LFT 1326-1327 (75), LFT 1273 (92), µ Her A-B-C (107), LFT 1363 (113), Her A-B (174), BD+33°2777 (175), LFT 1371 (182), Ross 863 (187)

Size: 1225.15 square degrees (2.970% of the sky) Rank in size: 5

Solar conjunction date: 12 Dec

Visibility: completely visible from latitudes: N of —39° completely invisible from latitudes: S of —86°

Visible stars: (number of stars brighter than magnitude 5.5): 85

Interesting facts: (1) The solar apex, that point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun seems to be moving (due to its motion within the Milky Way) is found within this constellation. The approximate coordinates of the solar apex are RA = 18h Dec. = +34°, about 3° south of the star 0 Her.

(2) The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules is one of the finest objects of its kind in the sky, surpassed only by the globular clusters co Cen and 47 Tuc, both of which are located in the far southern sky. This cluster, also known as M13 and NGC 6205, was discovered in 1714 by Edmund Halley, who also noted that it was visible to the unaided eye in a dark sky. Its magnitude is 5.7 and it can be found by looking of the way from n Her to c Her. It lies at an approximate distance of 25 000 light years, and although estimates of the number of stars it contains vary, it can safely be said that this object is composed of more than 100 000 stars.

(3) a Her is a wonderful example of a colorful double star. The primary of this pair is orange, and the fainter secondary star is — to this writer — olive green, although some very fine observers report seeing brighter shades of green in the light of this star.

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M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Explanation: In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little

Patch, but it shews itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon

absent." Of course, M13 is now modestly recognized as the Great Globular Cluster in

Hercules, one of the brightest globular star clusters in the northern sky. Telescopic

views reveal the spectacular cluster's hundreds of thousands of stars. At a distance of

25,000 light-years, the cluster stars crowd into a region 150 light-years in diameter,

but approaching the cluster core upwards of 100 stars could be contained in a cube

just 3 light-years on a side. For comparison, the closest star to the Sun is over 4 light-

years away. Along with the cluster's dense core, the outer reaches of M13 are

highlighted in this sharp color image. The cluster's evolved red and bluegiant

stars show up in yellowish and blue tints.

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Comet Garradd and M92

Explanation: Sweeping slowly through the constellation Hercules, Comet Garradd

(C2009/P1) passed with about 0.5 degrees of globular star cluster M92 on February 3.

Captured here in its latest Messier moment, the steady performer remains just below

naked-eye visibility with a central coma comparable in brightness to the dense, well-

known star cluster. The rich telescopic view from New Mexico's, early morning skies,

also features Garradd's broad fan shaped dust tail and a much narrower ion tail that

extends up and beyond the right edge of the frame. Pushed out by the pressure of

sunlight, the dust tail tends to trail the comet along its orbit while the ion tail, blown

by the solar wind, streams away from the comet in the direction opposite the Sun. Of

course, M92 is over 25,000 light-years away. Comet Garradd is 12.5 light-

minutesfrom planet Earth, arcing above the ecliptic plane.

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June 30

Corona Australis (cuh-ROE-nuh aw-STRAL-iss),

the Southern Crown CrA,

Coronae Australis (cuh-ROE-nee aw-STRAL-iss)

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Corona Australis

Meaning: The Southern Crown

Pronunciation: kor oh' nuh os tral' iss

Abbreviation: CrA

Possessive form: Coronae Australis (kor oh' nye os tral' iss)

Asterisms: none

Bordering constellations: Ara, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Telescopium

Overall brightness: 16.446 (2)

Central point: RA= 18h35m Dec. = —41.5°

Directional extremes: N = —37° S = —46° E = 19h15m W = 17h55m

Messier objects: none

Meteor showers: Corona Australids (16 Mar)

Midnight culmination date: 30 Jun

Bright stars: none

Named stars: none

Near stars: none

Size: 127.69 square degrees (0.310%)

Rank in size: 80

Solar conjunction date: 31 Dec

Visibility: completely visible from latitudes: S of +44° completely invisible from latitudes: N of +53°

Visible stars: (number of stars brighter than magnitude 5.5): 21

Non-traditional 'mythology': If the brightest stars of Sagittarius form a 'teapot,' then the stars of

this constellation, notably 7, a, 13, 8, fl, and 0, form a slice of lemon near the teapot.

Interesting facts: (1) 7 CrA is an interesting double star. Both components are main-sequence stars of spectral type F8, and they are almost exactly the same brightness, with visual magnitudes of 4.84 and 5.08. In the 1881 revision of Smyth's Cycle of Celestial Objects, Chambers quotes Sir John Herschel as calling this star 'superb.'

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June 2016

Killeen, Texas

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:28am Sunset: 8:30pm Twi: 8:57pm Moonrise: 3:53am Moonset: 4:50pm

2 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:30pm Twi: 8:58pm Moonrise: 4:37am Moonset: 5:57pm

3 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:31pm Twi: 8:58pm Moonrise: 5:24am Moonset: 7:05pm

4 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:31pm Twi: 8:59pm Moonrise: 6:15am Moonset: 8:11pm New Moon: 10:01pm

5 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:32pm Twi: 8:59pm Moonrise: 7:10am Moonset: 9:14pm

6 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:32pm Twi: 9:00pm Moonrise: 8:08am Moonset: 10:12pm

7 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:33pm Twi: 9:00pm Moonrise: 9:08am Moonset: 11:04pm

8 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:33pm Twi: 9:01pm Moonrise: 10:08am Moonset: 11:50pm

9 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:34pm Twi: 9:01pm Moonrise: 11:07am Moonset: none

10 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:34pm Twi: 9:02pm Moonrise: 12:04pm Moonset: 12:31am

11 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:26am Sunset: 8:35pm Twi: 9:02pm Moonrise: 12:59pm Moonset: 1:09am

12 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:35pm Twi: 9:03pm Moonrise: 1:52pm Moonset: 1:44am First Qtr: 3:11am

13 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:35pm Twi: 9:03pm Moonrise: 2:45pm Moonset: 2:17am

14 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:36pm Twi: 9:04pm Moonrise: 3:36pm Moonset: 2:50am

15 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:36pm Twi: 9:04pm Moonrise: 4:28pm Moonset: 3:23am

16 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:36pm Twi: 9:04pm Moonrise: 5:21pm Moonset: 3:58am

17 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:37pm Twi: 9:05pm Moonrise: 6:13pm Moonset: 4:35am

18 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:37pm Twi: 9:05pm Moonrise: 7:06pm Moonset: 5:15am

19 Twi: 5:59am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:37pm Twi: 9:05pm Moonrise: 7:59pm Moonset: 5:59am

20 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:27am Sunset: 8:37pm Twi: 9:05pm Moonrise: 8:50pm Moonset: 6:47am Full Moon: 6:04am

21 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:28am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: 9:40pm Moonset: 7:39am

22 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:28am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: 10:27pm Moonset: 8:34am

23 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:28am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: 11:11pm Moonset: 9:32am

24 Twi: 6:00am Sunrise: 6:28am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: 11:53pm Moonset: 10:31am

25 Twi: 6:01am Sunrise: 6:29am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: none Moonset: 11:31am

26 Twi: 6:01am Sunrise: 6:29am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: 12:33am Moonset: 12:33pm

27 Twi: 6:01am Sunrise: 6:29am Sunset: 8:39pm Twi: 9:06pm Moonrise: 1:12am Moonset: 1:35pm Last Qtr: 1:20pm

28 Twi: 6:02am Sunrise: 6:30am Sunset: 8:39pm Twi: 9:07pm Moonrise: 1:52am Moonset: 2:38pm

29 Twi: 6:02am Sunrise: 6:30am Sunset: 8:39pm Twi: 9:07pm Moonrise: 2:33am Moonset: 3:42pm

30 Twi: 6:03am Sunrise: 6:30am Sunset: 8:39pm Twi: 9:07pm Moonrise: 3:17am Moonset: 4:48pm

Daylight Saving/Summer Time is in effect for the entire month. Courtesy of www.SunriseSunset.com

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June 2016 Moon Phases

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2

3

4

NEW

MOON

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

WANING

GIBBOUS

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

FULL

MOON

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

LAST

QUARTER

28

29

30

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Remote Video Astronomy Group

MECATX Sky Tour

June 2016

1) Scorpius, the Scorpion - June 3

2) Serpens, the Serpent - June 6 3) Ara, the Altar - June 10 4) Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer - June 11

5) Hercules, the Hercules - June 13

6) Corona Australis, the Southern Crown - June 30

Revised by: Samantha Salvador 05.29.2016