GOOD EVENING SATURN-FANS.
I LOVE SATURN.
IT MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE PLANET AFTER EARTH.
IT S SO BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED AND THIS WEEK IT REACHES OPPOSITION; MEANING YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST IT WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
TO SPOT IT HIT THE DARKNESS AT MIDNIGHT ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AND LOOK SOUTHEAST.
THERE WILL BE A BRIGHT, STEADY DOT ON FRIDAY IT LL BE NEAR THE FULL STURGEON MOON.
THAT DOT IS SATURN!
VIEWING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM FROM HIGH ABOVE THE NORTH POLE OF OUR SUN, WE CAN SEE EARTH'S ORBIT AND SATURN'S ORBIT.
IT TAKES 1 YEAR FOR EARTH TO MAKE ONE TRIP AROUND THE SUN.
MEANWHILE IT TAKES SATURN ALMOST 30 YEARS TO MAKE THAT SAME TRIP.
THIS WEEK, EARTH AND SATURN ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SUN AND SINCE THEY'LL BE AT THEIR CLOSEST TO EACH OTHER, SATURN WILL APPEAR AT ITS BRIGHTEST.
GRAB BINOCULARS OR A TELESCOPE AND LOOK FOR THE RINGS WHILE YOU KEEP LOOKIN UP!