3 Reasons to observe this month

Summer evenings are back — the perfect time to bring out your telescope… and a few captivating stories.
Ever wondered why they say “looking at the stars is like looking into the past”? Celestial objects are so far away that their light takes time — sometimes years, centuries, or even millennia — to reach us.

Here are a few impressive numbers to share with your audience:

🌙 Moon: 1.3 seconds

☀️ Sun: 8 minutes

🌟 Proxima Centauri: 4 years

🧭 Polaris: 320 years

🌌 Nebulae: 1,000 to 8,000 years

🌀 Andromeda Galaxy: 2.5 million years

🌪 Whirlpool Galaxy: 37 million years

📱 All of this information can be found in the Unistellar app, in the object detail sheets of the most popular targets.

Rising high in the June sky, M63 — the Sunflower Galaxy — is a beautiful spiral well worth observing, especially if you’re patient.

Located 37 million light-years away, it’s roughly the same size as our Milky Way and is thought to host a supermassive black hole at its core.

Tips for the best viewing experience:

• Let your telescope collect light for at least 20 minutes to reveal the fine structure.

• If possible, move away from city lights: a Bortle class ≤ 5 sky — the kind where the Milky Way is faintly visible to the naked eye — will help bring out the spiral arms more clearly.

June marks the return of the Sun in full force — a perfect moment to see it not just as a source of warmth, but as an object of study.
With a white-light solar filter (available on our website), you can safely observe the photosphere, one of the Sun’s visible layers.

What might you see?
Dark, short-lived sunspots — areas where intense magnetic activity creates cooler, storm-like regions on the surface.

⚠️ Warning: Viewing the Sun without our solar filter may cause irreversible damage to your telescope’s sensor.

👉 For easy solar pointing, follow our guide here.