DEAN:
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 2019, WE WILL GET
TO SEE THE PLANET MERCURY PASSING DIRECTLY
IN FRONT
OF THE SUN.
JAMES:
WE CALL THAT A TRANSIT OF MERCURY; AND ITS
SOMETHING YOU MUST SEE.
DEAN:
WE ALSO HAVE THE TWO LARGEST PLANETS IN OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM VISIBLE RIGHT AFTER SUNSET THIS
WEEK!
JAMES:
TRANSITS OF MERCURY ARE RARE EVENTS WHERE
MERCURY PASSES DIRECTLY BETWEEN EARTH AND
THE SUN.
FROM EARTHS PERSPECTIVE, AND WITH PROPER EYE
PROTECTION, WELL SEE MERCURY AS A LITTLE BLACK
DOT CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE SUN.
DEAN:
THE TRANSIT WILL BEGIN AT 7:36 AM AND CONTINUE
UNTIL 1:02 PM EST ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH.
JAMES:
IF YOU WANT TO DO SOME PLANET GAZING, GO OUTSIDE
JUST AFTER SUNSET THIS WEEK,
YOU'LL GET TO SEE JUPITER IN THE SOUTHWEST
AMONG THE STARS OF SCORPIUS.
DEAN:
AND SATURN WILL BE IN THE SOUTH JUST ABOVE
THE TEAPOT IN SAGITTARIUS.
BOTH:
KEEP LOOKING UP!