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Volume 19 -- Issue 06
Planet Watch -- June 2013

Mercury is visible over the western horizon for most of the this momth. On 1 Junet it will be close to the open star cluster M-35 as well as several other open star clusters in the area. Mercury and Venus stay within the field of view of 7x50 binoculars for the first 3 weeks of the month.
Venus is over the western horizon and each day is higher above the horizon at sunset. Watch for Venus to pass through (actually align with) the stars of the open cluster M-35 between the 3rd and 5th.

Mars starts becoming visible over the northeast horizon before sunrise toards the end of the month, and coincidentally, is just west of the open star clusters that Mercury and Venus were close to. And off to the west, right, from Mars are the two open star clusters in Taurus, the Pleiades and Hyades.
Jupiter moves into solar conjunction on the 19th and will not be visible again until later next month in the morning skies.
Saturn is visible over the southern horizon to the left from Spica at sunset local time, and sets before sunrise the next day.