Earthsky Tonight: January 13, 2010 – Saturn in

Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.EarthSky.org The planet Saturn adorns the nighttime from late evening till dawn tonight. This golden world rises in the east around 11:00 p.m. Climbing upward through the night, Saturn soars to its highest point in the southern sky around 5:00 a.m. Thursday morning. As a general rule, Saturn appears to travel eastward in front of the background stars. But starting on January 14, 2010, Saturn will be going ... Full Story