JAMES: YOU CAN FIND THE PLANETS VENUS, SATURN,
AND MARS IN THE EVENING SKY.

 

DEAN: AND JUPITER AND MERCURY IN THE MORNING
SKY THIS WEEK.

 

DEAN: WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO OCTOBER 8TH JUST
AFTER SUNSET.

 

AND EVEN BEFORE IT GETS COMPLETELY DARK, YOU
CAN SEE OUR FIRST PLANET OF THE EVENING - VENUS.

 

JAMES: AS IT GETS LATER AT NIGHT, YOU CAN
EASILY SPOT YELLOW SATURN AND RUBY-RED MARS

 

OFF TO THE LEFT IN A LINE WITH THE WAXING
CRESCENT MOON.

 

DEAN: NOW ITS THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 9, AND
THE SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE.

 

TO SEE JUPITER AND MERCURY, YOU'LL NEED A
CLEAR VIEW TO THE EASTERN HORIZON AND YOU

 

MIGHT, JUST MIGHT SPY TWO DISTINCT LIGHTS
LOW IN THE EAST.

 

JAMES: THE FAINTER ONE IS MERCURY AND THE
BRIGHTER ONE IS JUPITER.

 

AND THEY'LL COME CLOSE TOGETHER ON THE 10TH
AND 11TH INTO A SWEET PRE-DAWN CONJUNCTION.

 

THE HEAVENS ARE EXCITING TO WITNESS WHEN YOU

 

BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!