Saturday, May 3, 2014

Saturn at Opposition: Our 2014 Guide

Saturn at Opposition: Our 2014 Guide:

Saturn as imaged from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on April 15th. Credit: Efrain Morales.

Saturn as imaged from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on April 15th. Credit: Efrain Morales.
Planet lovers can rejoice: one of the finest jewels of the solar system in returning to the evening night sky.

The planet Saturn reaches opposition next month on May 10th. This means that as the Sun sets to the west, Saturn will rise “opposite” to it in the east, remaining well positioned for observation in the early evening hours throughout the summer season. In fact, we’ll have four of the five naked eye planets above the horizon at once for our evening viewing pleasure in the month of May, as Jupiter also rides high to the west at sunset, Mars just passed opposition last month and Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation on May 25th. Venus is the solitary holdout, spending a majority of 2014 in the dawn sky.(...)
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