The Los Angeles Astronomical Society hosts free public star parties at Griffith Observatory on the lawn below the iconic dome on the second Saturday of each month, weather permitting. Volunteer astronomers bring personal telescopes — many of them high-quality research-grade instruments — and guide attendees through views of the moon, planets, star clusters, nebulae, and whatever deep-sky objects the evening offers. No tickets, no reservation, no fee: just show up after dark. June evenings in Los Angeles offer some of the clearest skies of the year before the marine layer returns in July. Typical June targets include Saturn (rings visible), Jupiter (cloud bands and moons), and the globular clusters rising …