DEAN: OUR LARGEST PLANETS WILL BE SHINING
AFTER DARK THIS WHOLE MONTH.
JAMES: LET'S SHOW YOU JUPITER AND SATURN.
DEAN: IN EARLY JUNE, IT'S EASY TO FIND JUPITER
HIGH IN THE SOUTHWEST AFTER SUNSET.
IT'LL BE THE BRIGHTEST THING THAT LOOKS LIKE
A STAR.
JAMES: AND THE MOON WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO
IT ON JUNE 3RD...
DEAN: IF WE WERE IN ORBIT AROUND JUPITER,
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
DARK AND LIGHT STRIPES OF GAS, SWIRLING CLOUDTOPS,
AND THE GREAT RED SPOT - A GIANT CYCLONE TWICE
THE SIZE OF EARTH.
JAMES: WHEN YOU FACE SOUTHEAST AT 11PM, YOU'LL
SPOT SATURN JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT AS BRIGHT AS JUPITER BUT
UP CLOSE
WE'RE HITCHING A RIDE WITH NASAS CASSINI SPACECRAFT
WHICH HAS BEEN IN ORBIT AROUND SATURN SINCE
2004.
DEAN: CASSINI IS GIVING US VIEWS LIKE NEVER
BEFORE OF THE STORMS ON THE PLANET, ITS 62
DISCOVERED MOONS, AND THE DYNAMIC RINGS.
BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!