The bright planet Venus will shine near the gas giant Uranus before the sun rises on Sunday, June 12th, making it a good place to look for the gas giant in the night sky.
Venus can be seen in the morning in the eastern sky. The planet can be seen with a telescope or binoculars. The upper left of Venus contains it.
The astronomer who oversees Space.com's Night Sky calendar says that Venus is about a thumb's width away from the planet Uranus.
There are planets in the June night sky.
In the early hours of Saturday, Venus overtook Uranus in the sky and the two planets were close to each other. It covers about 10 degrees of the night sky.
"The two planets will be close enough to share the view in the eyepiece of a backyard telescope (inset), but bright, white Venus will outshine blue-green Uranus by a factor of 8,000 times, making the fainter planet difficult to see against the glare."
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The planet will be seen as a blue-green object by eagle-eyed stargazers.
"That's the result of methane in its upper atmosphere," wrote StarDate's Damond Benningfield. It absorbs red light and lets it reflect out into space.
The planets will move further apart after Sunday, with Venus moving to the left.
There are more amazing planet sights in June if you don't see Venus and Uranus together. The stars can be seen in the early morning.
There is a rare five-planet alignment every month. On June 23 the moon will line up with the five planets, making it a must-see morning sky event.
Next week the full moon will be in the spotlight. On June 14th, the Full Strawberry Moon of June will be the second super moon of the year. There is a strawberry super moon on Tuesday.
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