Venus, Jupiter and Mercury will be closely spaced and provide a good opportunity to glimpse illusive Mercury which will be visible for a short while after sunset in the SW. The waxing crescent moon will be an interesting target. Evening objects include the ghostly M57 (Ring Nebula), the remnants of a burned out, sunlike star, beautiful blue & gold double star Albireo and many other double stars will be visible. Fantastic globular clusters such as M13 (The Hercules Cluster) and M92 will grace the sky. Red Supergiant star La Superba and the amazing M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy will be visible. Nice open clusters NGC6819 (The Foxhead Cluster) and M71 (The Anglefish Cluster) will also grace the sky. 18 Scorpii, a near twin to the sun, will also be visible. This star is 45 lightyears away and shines at a barely visible magnitude 5.5, but is a nice object for the telescope. Realize the Sun would look this way to inhabitants of planets around this star in Scorpius.
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Earlier Event: May 16
May Astronomy Night
Later Event: July 9
Stargazing & More at Eldrige Library