EarthSky News - June 2 - This Weekend … Venus!

June 2 This Weekend … Venus! by:

This weekend a great time to see Venus Venus will be 46 degrees west of the sun on Saturday morning, or about as far from the sun on our sky's dome as it can be. Find the Summer Triangle Find the Summer Triangle asterism ascending in the east on June and July evenings.  It's a large star pattern made of 3 bright stars in 3 separate constellations. Hurricane names 2017 The Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 and ends November 30. Here are the hurricane names for the 2017 season. Clouds that look like ocean waves They're called Kelvin Helmholzt clouds, aka billow clouds or shear-gravity clouds, and they look like breaking ocean waves.

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Before dawn now, watch for Venus Venus at dawn, by Tom Wildoner of LeisurelyScientist.com.

In the evening sky, watch for Jupiter The moon is sweeping past Jupiter June 2, 3 and 4. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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