by Sam Davidson

Ho hum, not much happening. The fireworks on the fourth may be the most exciting event in the sky this month.
We’ll have to wait until next month to get a terrific meteor shower on a very dark night.

Anyone traveling to the South Pacific will be thrilled by a total solar eclipse on July 11. Ho hum, again.

You can watch the crescent moon on the 14th, waxing each night, below Venus. Not as good as last month.

Three planets kind of line up in the west. Mars catches up to Saturn, both visible on the 30th, about five
degrees above and to the left of Venus, about an hour after sunset. Saturn is the brighter one.

Jupiter is almost ready to come onstage. You can see it in the east just after midnight.

Well, at least we get a good flyover by the ISS on the 14th. As scheduled it'll come out of the northwest about 9:04 p.m.
Wait 'til next month.

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