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what's up for june venus and a planetary

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necklace spanning the sky from dusk to

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dawn hello and welcome I'm Jane Houston

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Jones at NASA's Jet Propulsion

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Laboratory in Pasadena California June

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marks the summer solstice in the

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northern hemisphere when the Sun is

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highest north of the celestial equator

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when it makes its highest path across

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the sky this means the days are long and

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the nights are short make the best of

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the short nights and look for Venus a

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half-hour after sunset low on the

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western horizon by mid month you'll see

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Earth's twin past the pretty beehive

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on the fifteenth check out the lineup of

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the slender crescent moon the beehive

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cluster Venus and geminis twin namesake

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stars castor and Pollux another pair of

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planets is nearby murs which is just a

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dot or a small disk in the telescope now

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pairs up with Leo's brightest star

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Regulus and is not too far from Saturn

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keep an eye on the moon mid month to it

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passes Venus on the fourteenth and Mars

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on the sixteenth last year's steely-eyed

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observers caught a glimpse of Neptune

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near Jupiter and this year you'll find

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Uranus next to the king of the planets

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it's easy to know when you've spotted it

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the blue-green color is unmistakable but

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you'll have to wait until nearly dawn

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Jupiter doesn't even rise until after

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2am even Pluto is worth hunting this

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month the dwarf planet is a challenging

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object visible against the starry

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blanket of brighter Milky Way stars

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you'll need a good experience start tour

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guide and a dark sky with good southern

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horizons to spot it once school is out

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you'll be treated to an amazing Milky

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Way spiraling overhead from south to

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north a little after midnight you might

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even see some shooting stars from June's

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minor meteor showers this month you can

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learn more about NASA missions to all of

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these planets Venus Mars Saturn Jupiter

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Pluto and even voyagers flyby of Uranus