The Sky This Week from June 23 to 30: Check out the First Quarter Moon

Friday, June 23The mighty eagle Aquila is rising in the east around sunset. Give it about two hours to begin climbing out of the turbulent air near the ground and look first for its brightest star, magnitude 0.8 Altair. This sparkling luminary anchors one of the three points that make up the Summer Triangle asterism;Continue reading “The Sky This Week from June 23 to 30: Check out the First Quarter Moon”
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