This month is a good time to look for the planets Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Venus can be seen shortly after sunset in the southwest...
(Shown about an hour after sunset for mid-Northern latitudes)
Scheduled air date: 2000 Oct 09-15
This month is a good time to look for the planets Venus, Jupiter and
Saturn. Venus can be seen shortly after sunset in the southwest...
(Shown about an hour after sunset for mid-Northern latitudes)
...and Jupiter and Saturn are prominent a few hours later in the east.
Additionally, the just-past Full Moon will appear near Saturn on the night of
October 15th, and near Jupiter the night of the 16th.
(Shown four hours after sunset for mid-Northern latitudes; the gray regions are
part of the Milky Way)
If you wish to view illustrations for other episodes, please see our Star Gazer Illustrated directory.
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