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Here's your Cosmic Pursuits newsletter for June 2023!

1. Venus and Mars move closer as June gets underway, and both planets graze the lovely Beehive Star Cluster. Jupiter and Saturn grower brighter in the early-morning sky. And the Sun reaches its most northerly point in the ecliptic marking a change of seasons around the world. Here's what to see in the Night Sky This Month...

2. A 'new' star appeared in the lovely Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101), offering stargazers a chance to see - from the safe distance of 20 million light years - one of the most awesome sights in nature - a supernova. Here's how to see it...

3. Ed Ting shows his eyepiece collection (spoiler alert - it's huge) and explains why he only uses two of these eyepiece almost all of the time.

4. NASA release some new images of the Martian surface from the Perseverance Rover. While the air is thin and freezing cold, the planet does look remarkably Earth-like.

5. There are exoplanets aplenty out there, but many of these worlds have surprisingly familiar accompaniments including asteroids, rings, and even aurorae. 

And instead of an astronomy quote this month how about an entire poem? Enjoy this one, words and sound, by the lovely Ada Limon... 

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Wishing you clear skies!

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