JAMES: MARS, VENUS AND EARTH WILL BE IN JUST
THE RIGHT POSITION THAT WE'LL GET TO SEE A

CONJUNCTION OF MARS AND VENUS JUST AFTER SUNSET.

DEAN: AND IF YOU WERE ON MARS, YOU WOULD SEE
A CONJUNCTION OF VENUS AND EARTH JUST BEFORE

SUNRISE.

JAMES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

LETS SHOW YOU!

DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR ANY
NIGHT THIS WEEK, JUST AFTER SUNSET, FACING

WEST.

YOU'LL SEE TWO LIGHTS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON.

THE BRIGHTER IS VENUS AND THE DIMMER IS MARS.

AS THE WEEKS PASS, YOU'LL SEE VENUS GETTING
CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MARS AND ON JANUARY 31ST,

THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON JOINS THEM IN THE
EVENING TWILIGHT.

JAMES: HOWEVER, IF WE SHIFT OUR LOCATION TO
GALE CRATER, LANDING SITE OF THE CURIOSITY

ROVER ON MARS AND LOOK EAST JUST BEFORE SUNRISE
ON JANUARY 31ST, WE WOULD SEE OUR HOME PLANET

EARTH SNUGGLING UP WITH OUR SISTER PLANET
VENUS.

TWO CONJUNCTIONS, ON THE SAME DAY, BUT A WORLD
AWAY.

BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!