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elleng

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Wed Jun 1, 2016, 04:52 PM Jun 2016

Saturn Closest to Earth June 2016

Planet Saturn is at its best this first week of June, 2016. as it comes closest to Earth. It’s easy to find, astonishing to see! . .

Best Time to See Saturn

This is the time. This first week of June, Saturn arrives at its closest approach of the year, when it’s biggest through telescopes. . .

How to See Saturn

OK, Say you’re sold and want to find Saturn for yourself. If it were one of the sky’s most dazzling stars, the way Venus or Jupiter always are, this would be a piece of cake. But it’s easy anyway.

Look lowish in the southeast anytime after 10 PM or so. You’ll see three bright stars forming a triangle. The “point” on the bottom is orange—and this is a true star, the famous Antares, the heart of the Scorpion.
The one on the right is the brightest of the trio and it’s orange too. This is Mars.
The one on the left is Saturn.'

http://www.almanac.com/blog/astronomy/astronomy/saturn-closest-earth-june-2016

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