Astronomy web links
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Volume 21 -- Issue 6
June 2015
Welcome to this issue of Qué tal. Here you will find useful observing information
about the visible planets, our Moon and other
moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among
these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern
or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout. Animated
images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital
motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects, or apparent
and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular
features include plotting the monthly positions of the visible planets
using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's
apparent motion and the Earth's real motion along the ecliptic.
For additional useful Earth and Space news, information, and graphics follow my WordPress Blog at bobs-spaces, or as Tweets,
or as an RSS feed.
Click here to watch some of my video work posted on You Tube.
At A Glance:Welcome to this issue of Qué tal.
This month Mars, at solar conjunction, is the only visible planet not visible.
Look for Venus, and Jupiter to be very visible above the western horizon at sunset. Each evening these two will move toward
a very close conjunction at the end of the month.
Mercury moves quickly into view over the eastern horizon before sunrise.
Mars is too close to the Sun to be visible, and Saturn, just past opposition, rises around sunset.
For more observing information visit Bobs-Spaces.net
Lee's Summit, MO 
