June 2026 Night Sky Guide: Planets, Stars, and Meteor Showers Visible This Month
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Pete Lawrence
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Summary
A comprehensive stargazing guide for June 2026, detailing what celestial objects (planets, stars, Moon phases, meteor showers) are visible in the night sky. The guide is centered on the UK but applicable to northern hemisphere observers, using Universal Time (UT) and British Summer Time (BST) with astronomical coordinates (RA and declination).
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Our guide is centred around what's visible from the UK, but all northern hemisphere observers should be able to use it, with the odd adjustment to stated times.
UT is the standard time used by astronomers around the world.
These coordinates are the night sky's equivalent of longitude and latitude, describing where celestial objects are located.
What's in the night sky tonight? Find out which planets, stars, Moon phases and meteor showers you can see this month.
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