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!