Space and Astronomy
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Friday June 23, 7:31 p.m. |
Thursday June 1, 5:42 a.m. |
Friday June 9, 6:10 a.m. |
Saturday June 17, 4:33 a.m. |
The Summer Solstice occurs at 9:24 p.m. on Tuesday June 20. At that moment, the Sun reaches it's furthest point north of the celestial equator and signals the beginning of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. .
A Public Star Party with telescopes provided by the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers will take place on the front lawn of the Griffith Observatory from 2 p.m. until 9:45 pm on Saturday June 3.
Venus (Mag -4.2) rises around 3:26 a.m. and is in the east-northeast at sunrise.
Jupiter (Mag -2.1) rises in the southeast in the evening twilight.
Mars (Mag +1.7) is low in bright evening twilight. It is difficult to see.
Saturn (Mag +0.0) is low in the southwest in the pre-dawn sky. .
Reprinted with permission, the information above is made available in the Griffith Observer , a monthly publication by the Griffith Observatory. For complete information on the Planets and other items related to Astronomy, please visit the Griffith Observatory Web Site.
The theory that our Sun is the center of the universe and our planets revolve around it was first documented by Nicolas Copernicus. The interesting thing is that Copernicus was a Catholic Priest and Philosopher, not an Astronomer. But he believed that God would have made the movements of the planets more simple than the previously documented theory (which was very complex). As we know today, Corpernicus was right !
