NO SIGN of any noctilucent clouds yet, but it's often the second week of June before anything really happens. So, every clear night from now on, keep an eye on the northern sky after midnight and you might see a display of these beautiful, eerie silvery blue clouds.
Meanwhile, Venus and Jupiter are slowly coming together in the western sky after sunset. On June 30 they will so close together they'll look like they're almost touching, but at the moment are still a hand's width apart. Jupiter is the higher and fainter of the pair, to the upper left of much brighter Venus.
As those two worlds sink into the twilight, turn your back on them to see golden Saturn rising in the east. Binoculars will show its largest moon, Mercury-sized Titan, looking like a tiny star next to the planet itself.
Stuart Atkinson
Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal
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