The photographer captured this view of Venus and Saturn close together from his observatory.
credit: Richard McCoy
In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The two will be in the southwestern evening sky, and will be closest during the week of January 19. Each night, brilliant Venus and much less bright (but still easy to see) Saturn will be a bit more than 3 degrees apart. Head out and enjoy this celestial pair.
