A monthly look at astronomical events in the sky and on Earth

Compiled and written by Steve Sawyer

_{This month the images are being inspired by one of England’s most famous artists, John Constable. So we start with a noctilucent skies version of the Hay Wain. more info on the original can be found here.}

Welcome to June’s What’s up! I can’t believe we’re halfway through the year already!
We’re well into the lighter nights now, it can be hard to pick out even the brighter stars in the twilight skies of June. One of the compensations is to look out for noctilucent clouds (which I mentioned last month). June is one of the best months for spotting these so keep an eye out around midnight.