Mars, Jupiter And Saturn Visible In Sky This June

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will grace the night sky through the month of June. The three planets and their four moons will reportedly be visible at night almost throughout the month.

The planets could be seen with the naked eye soon after the sunsets. Jupiter is said to be visible in the western sky at left side of the moon. All the four moons of Jupiter can also be witnessed by sky gazers with the help of telescopes or binoculars. The four moons including Europa, lo, Ganymede and Calisto will be seen lying one after the other perpendicular to Jupiter, noted Nature World News.

Saturn will reportedly be the brightest one of all the planets visible to naked eyes in the night sky. The planet will be seen in butterscotch color and when viewed in telescope people will get to see the magnificent ring of the Saturn. Most interestingly, the Cassini division, the space present between Saturn and the ring will also visible in the telescopic view.

"This month Saturn reaches opposition, when Saturn, Earth and the Sun are in a straight line, with Earth in the middle, providing the best and closest views of the ringed beauty and several of its moons," said Jane Johnson of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, according to Perfscience.

Saturn will be visible throughout the night and will be present just opposite to the spot where the sun sets. Though Saturn reaches the position by 3 am ET it is best viewed after midnight. Mars on the other hand will appear in crimson red color and Saturn will be present to the left of Mars in golden color.

"Moving southeast, two more bright planets beam like headlights above the horizon. The first is Mars, brilliant and distinctively rust-colored. This summer belongs to Mars. The red planet resides on the same side of the sun as Earth bringing the two worlds within 48 million miles of each other. While this is a still a long way, at Mars' furthest approach, it can be 250 million miles away. At that distance, Mars is faint and easily lost among the background stars. But this year Mars is close and bright - really bright," reported NH Voice.