{"id":632,"date":"2013-06-12T20:46:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T20:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/\/?p=632"},"modified":"2013-06-12T21:51:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T21:51:20","slug":"griffith-observatory-sky-report-for-the-week-ending-wednesday-june-19-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/2013\/06\/12\/griffith-observatory-sky-report-for-the-week-ending-wednesday-june-19-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, June 19, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ven_moon_merc_06102013_thumbnail_ajc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-634\" title=\"ven_moon_merc_06102013_thumbnail_ajc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ven_moon_merc_06102013_thumbnail_ajc1.jpg\" alt=\"Venus, Moon, and Mercury behind Griffith Observatory dome\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ven_moon_merc_06102013_thumbnail_ajc1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ven_moon_merc_06102013_thumbnail_ajc1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ven_moon_merc_06102013_thumbnail_ajc1-500x294.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Sky_Report_6-12-13.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"listen_ear_th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/listen_ear_th1-e1319751139511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>LISTEN to this week\u2019s Sky Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Here is what\u2019s happening in the skies of Southern California:<\/p>\n<p>The brightest planet, Venus, and the innermost planet, Mercury, continue to appear together during evening twilight. Look just above the west-northwest horizon at 8:35 p.m.\u201330 minutes after sunset\u2013to see Venus. This week, Mercury will start out a few degrees to the upper left of Venus, and will gradually move, appearing 2\u02da to the left of Venus on the 18<sup>th<\/sup>. Through a telescope, both planets appear small, Venus displaying a full phase and Mercury showing a crescent. Mercury becomes easier to see as the sky darkens and can be observed until about 9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The ringed planet, Saturn is high in the south and appears 12 degrees to the east of Virgo the Maiden\u2019s bright star, Spica, as darkness falls. Saturn can be seen until it sets in the west-southwest at 3:00 a.m. Saturn is one of the objects featured through Griffith Observatory\u2019s public telescopes, and is now ideally placed for viewing.<\/p>\n<p>The waxing moon grows from crescent to first-quarter phase on Sunday the 16<sup>th<\/sup>, and is gibbous through the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. The moon is between the star Spica and the planet Saturn on Tuesday the 18<sup>th<\/sup>. This week, the time of moonset advances about 30 minutes each night, changing from 10:53 p.m. on the 12<sup>th<\/sup> to 2:20 a.m. on the 19<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Free views of the sun during the day and of the moon, planets, and other celestial objects at night, are available to the public in clear weather through Griffith Observatory\u2019s telescopes Tuesday-Sunday before 9:30 p.m. Check our website for our schedule. The next public star party on the grounds of Griffith Observatory, hosted by the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, the Sidewalk Astronomers, and the Planetary Society, will take place on Saturday, June 15.<\/p>\n<p>From Griffith Observatory, I\u2019m Anthony Cook and I can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:griffithobserver@gmail.com\">griffithobserver@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN to this week\u2019s Sky Report This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Here is what\u2019s happening in the skies of Southern California: The brightest planet, Venus, and the innermost planet, Mercury, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/2013\/06\/12\/griffith-observatory-sky-report-for-the-week-ending-wednesday-june-19-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skyreport"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}