DEAN: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A REALLY BRIGHT STAR
NEXT TO THE MOON?
JAMES: IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A PLANET!
DEAN: WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO SUNDAY SEPTEMBER
24TH AT 9PM FACING SOUTHWEST.
THERE YOU WILL FIND THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON
QUITE A DISTANCE FROM THE RINGED PLANET SATURN.
JAMES: SATURN DOESNT STAND OUT LIKE JUPITER
OR VENUS BUT IT WILL LOOK LIKE A BRIGHT YELLOW
STAR.
YOU CAN COMPARE SATURN TO THE RED STAR, ANTARES.
THIS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION
SCORPIUS THE SCORPION.
DEAN: IF WE MOVE FORWARD ONE NIGHT AT A TIME,
HERE IS WHERE THE MOON IS ON SEPTEMBER 25TH
AND SEPTEMBER 26TH!
JAMES: WOWSERS!
THE MOON IS GOING TO BE REALLY CLOSE TO SATURN
THAT NIGHT.
THEY WILL BE LESS THAN THREE DEGREES APART.
DEAN: THIS CONJUNCTION WON'T LAST LONG.
BY THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 27TH THE MOON
WILL HAVE LEFT SATURN BEHIND SO YOU BETTER
BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!