July 3 - How to See Pluto

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View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Mattituck, New York, captured Pluto on both June 24 and June 27. In this animated gif, you can see how Pluto moved in front of the stars over just those few days. Steven wrote: "Most of the motion you see is from Earth, not Pluto, since our motion changes our perspective of the much-closer Pluto against the backdrop of the much-farther stars." Thanks, Steven!

How to see Pluto in your sky Pluto's opposition - marking the middle of the best time of year to see it - is coming up on July 14, 2019. Telescope users spot it by locating Pluto among the stars and watching nightly for the object that moves. Charts and tips here. Uranus' rings surprisingly bright in 'heat' images The rings of the 7th planet, Uranus, are thin and dark. But new thermal images from the ALMA and VLT telescopes show them glowing brightly. Read more. Astronomers ponder halos around galaxies Galaxies are massive and beautiful islands of stars. But did you know that most galaxies are surrounded by halos? A complex instrument on the Very Large Telescope is giving astronomers new views of these galactic rings of light. Read more. 🎉 Hello to all! There will be no EarthSky News on Thursday. We'll be celebrating July 4 with our families. See you again on Friday!  🎉

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Next few evenings … Watch for a young moon after sunset Fresh from yesterday's South American solar eclipse, the moon will be a very thin crescent and hard to catch Wednesday evening. But, if you live in the Americas or on an island in the Pacific, you might catch it shortly after sunset. Read more.

July 2 solar eclipse from La Serena, Chile EarthSky friend Eliot Herman traveled to Chile to capture the eclipse in all its glory. This photo shows the scene on the beach during totality. Darkness in the daytime! Wow. See more photos. Thank you, Eliot! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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