1 00:00:01,534 --> 00:00:05,839 at the end of this week to plants will do a cosmic backpedal that had 2 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:10,043 astronomers scratching their heads for centers that's right James Mars and 3 00:00:10,143 --> 00:00:14,514 Mercury will begin moving backwards against the background start we call it 4 00:00:14,614 --> 00:00:20,286 retrograde motion what we talking about let's show you ok we have our sky set 5 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:26,893 for just after sunset facing west just pull you close to the horizon starting 6 00:00:26,993 --> 00:00:31,264 on April 19 Merkel will begin getting lower in the sky today as it starts 7 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:36,336 cashing in on May 9 Wilson much we passed directly in front the Sun and 8 00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:40,907 what astronomers call a transit advance our clock to midnight we'll see the 9 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:45,945 planet mars among the stars of Scorpius this working as a leech past 23 Mar is 10 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:50,383 moving westward just as it nears the constellation Libra on July 4th to 11 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:54,483 resume its normal west to east movement among the stars keep looking up