Astronomers have named the date of the next opposition of the planets

2023-08-17 11:39:04

On August 27, 2023, the opposition of Saturn will take place, during which the planet will be easy to see with the naked eye.

Saturn will appear as a yellow dot or, when viewed through binoculars, as an oval. In an amateur telescope, you can see the rings of the planet. They will be even brighter as sunlight will be reflected many times in the dust particles that make them up, according to starwalk.space.

The opposition of the planets means that they are on the opposite side of the Sun relative to the Earth. When the Sun sets in the west, the planet rises from the horizon in the east and is well lit by it. An example of the opposition of a cosmic body is also the full moon.