Sky Watch, June
June 1, 2026
by Peter Lutken
We've had a typical May in Dallas: chilly, hot, storms, and power outages. Hope everyone did OK! Graduation and Memorial Day have come and gone, so summer is about here. The Summer Solstice this year is on June 21. It's our longest day of the year, at around 14 hours.
Evening Skies: Venus and Jupiter dominate the western sky and will be spectacular together around the 9th. The Summer Triangle is in the northeast and moves straight overhead during the evenings. If you can get away from city lights this summer, you'll see the Milky Way running through it down to Sagittarius, at the center of our galaxy, far, far away!
Full Moon: June 29.
Morning Skies: In the east, Saturn and Mars are up early along the Plane of the Ecliptic!
Quarry/Outdoors: All the summer birds are arriving: Flycatchers, Swifts, and Swallows are darting through the skies, and Hummingbirds will be here soon!
The photo captures the Blaz Memorial, east of the Chapel, at the Summer Solstice sunrise.
PKL
