Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Here’s How to See Saturn at Its Best and Brightest This Month
While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.
Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) — the most detailed yet of the planet's upper atmosphere — ...
The coming week will see the gas giant Saturn return to the Northern Hemisphere's late night sky, after spending the last few months as a "morning star" rising in the predawn and early morning hours.
Astronomy on MSN
The Sky Today on Sunday, September 21: Saturn at opposition
Saturn reaches opposition at 2 A.M. EDT, visible all night and offering stunning views of its rings and moons. The ringed planet now rises around sunset and is highest around local midnight, when it ...
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 19The Moon passes 0.8° north of Venus and 1.3° north ...
My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and you can’t miss it. It’s the brightest star-like object in that part of ...
Saturn, a bright 1st-magnitude object, is prominently visible in the southwestern Pisces constellation during the early morning hours. Neptune, at magnitude 7.7, lies approximately 1° north of Saturn ...
Saturn and Neptune are visible in the pre-dawn hours, rising together before 1:30 A.M. local daylight time. While Saturn is naked-eye visible, Neptune requires binoculars or a telescope due to its 8th ...
The two biggest planets in our solar system are going to be looking downright cozy tonight. Venus and Saturn will appear to be snuggling close in our southwestern sky after sunset Saturday night - a ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results