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    Saturn Shines This Week – 3 Ways to View the Planet’s Opposition

    A graph that shows how far away Saturn is from the sun via concentric circles.

    Saturn will be located directly opposite of the Sun – at opposition – on August 26-27, 2023, as the Earth orbits between the two. From our vantage point, the Sun’s illumination will allow Saturn to appear bigger and brighter in the sky in the weeks leading up to and after the opposition. In fact, Saturn …

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    Best Meteor Shower of the Year Peaks This Weekend

    A bright white streak is in the bottom left corner on a dark grey almost black background.

    The NASA All Sky Fireball Network is already detecting the first meteors of this year’s Perseid meteor shower! The meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12 as the Earth passes through the dustiest debris of comet Swift-Tuttle’s trails. The Perseid meteor shower is often considered to be the best meteor shower of the …

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