JAMES: LAST WEEK, ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH,
SATURN WAS AT OPPOSITION!

DEAN: WHICH MEANS, NOW YOU CAN SEE IT AT ITS
BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

LET'S SHOW YOU!

DEAN: 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.

JAMES: 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.

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

SATURN WILL BE EASY TO FIND IN THE CONSTELLATION
OPHIUCUS ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF SCORPIUS

THE SCORPION

BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!