Sverdlovchane will be able to observe Jupiter and the strawberry moon

On the night of 17 and 18 June on the sky will be full strawberry Moon. Photo: virtual planetarium Stellarium

Today, June 16, sverdlovchane will be able to observe in the evening sky the moon and Jupiter. The apparent distance between them is 1.1 degrees, a little more than two lunar disks, said "Oblgazes" engineer training Observatory Ural Federal University Vladilen Sanakoev.

According to him, the striped giant this summer will be the brightest star in the sky except the Sun and moon. Then Jupiter will also be well observed in early autumn. Note that in Amateur binoculars or a telescope you can see its four largest satellites: IO, Europe, Ganymede and Callisto. And to see the disk of the planet two Equatorial band instrument with magnification of 20 times.

We will add that in the night of 17 and 18 June on the sky will be full strawberry Moon. The sixth full moon of the year called strawberry, because at this time begins the gathering of forest berries, according to the Moscow planetarium.

We will remind that on June 10 Jupiter maximum in 2019 closer to Earth. The distance was 640 million km away. next time striped giant will take this point only 14 July of the following year.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»