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New month means new opportunities to see your favorite planets

In the spotlight: Saturn and Jupiter
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This month you'll be able to see Saturn and Jupiter in the sky at the same time.  

Saturn will become visible right around sunset and will stick around just as Jupiter sets, the best time to view the planets will be just after sunset.

Starting on June 15, Saturn, the sun and the Earth will form a line and Earth will be right in the middle.

This will be one of the best times to view Saturn as it will be at its closest and brightest that it will be all year. 

Through a telescope you'll be able to see Saturn's rings as they are tilted 26.6 degrees towards earth and with the sun reflecting off of them they'll appear very bright. Saturn's moons will also be very bright, but you'll need a telescope to see this.

Speaking of Saturn's moons, Titan will be a sight to see as it will be about 50 percent larger than our moon. Titan orbits Saturn at a rate of 16 days while our moon takes 23.5 days to orbit earth.

Through a telescope you'll be able to see Jupiter's cloud bands and if you have a pair of binoculars you'll be able to see Jupiter's four Galilean moons- Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

 

Coming up later this summer:

Full "Strawberry" Moon: June 9

Perseid Meteor Shower: Peaks August 11

The much anticipated Total Solar Eclipse: August 21