Saint Petersburg 06/17/2024 — 06/23/2024. Astronomical Events

Saint Petersburg. Astronomical Events for 17—23 июня 2024. Celestial calculations use the geolocation of Pulkovo observatory. Numeric mark in top right corner is an event rate on a logarithmic scale with the following reference values: 0 — event occurs once per ten thousand years, 1 — once per thousand years, 2 — once a century, 3 — once a decade, 4 — annually, 5 — monthly, 6 — weekly, 7 — daily. 0:00 Close approach of Mercury and Venus 0:23 Conjunction of Mercury and Venus 0:42 Conjunction of Mercury and Venus 1:01 Summer Solstice 1:15 Full Moon 1:34 The June Bootids meteor shower begins Credits • Sky visualization: • Celestial calculations: • Ephemerides: • Meteor shower data: • Star catalog: • Comet orbits: • Photo: Ben Gao • Music: Geographer — Lightning Bugs Ben Gao | DC330 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License | The original image was cropped before using, also brightness and contrast were modified. Disclaimer: This video is for entertainment purposes only.