WEBVTT 00:01.835 --> 00:07.674 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% GOOD EVENING SATURN-FANS. I LOVE SATURN. IT MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE PLANET AFTER EARTH. 00:07.674 --> 00:11.411 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% IT S SO BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED AND THIS WEEK IT REACHES OPPOSITION; 00:11.411 --> 00:16.016 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% MEANING YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST IT WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. 00:16.016 --> 00:20.687 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% TO SPOT IT HIT THE DARKNESS AT MIDNIGHT ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AND LOOK SOUTHEAST. THERE 00:20.687 --> 00:26.893 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5% WILL BE A BRIGHT, STEADY DOT ON FRIDAY IT LL BE NEAR THE FULL STURGEON MOON. THAT DOT IS SATURN! 00:26.893 --> 00:30.597 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% VIEWING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM FROM HIGH ABOVE THE NORTH POLE OF OUR SUN, 00:30.597 --> 00:34.934 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% WE CAN SEE EARTH'S ORBIT AND SATURN'S ORBIT. IT TAKES 1 YEAR FOR EARTH TO MAKE ONE TRIP 00:34.934 --> 00:39.239 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AROUND THE SUN. MEANWHILE IT TAKES SATURN ALMOST 30 YEARS TO MAKE THAT SAME TRIP. 00:39.239 --> 00:43.309 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% THIS WEEK, EARTH AND SATURN ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SUN AND SINCE THEY'LL 00:43.309 --> 00:47.514 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% BE AT THEIR CLOSEST TO EACH OTHER, SATURN WILL APPEAR AT ITS BRIGHTEST. 00:47.514 --> 00:51.514 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% GRAB BINOCULARS OR A TELESCOPE AND LOOK FOR THE RINGS WHILE YOU KEEP LOOKIN UP!