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Now simply 1.7° aside, Saturn and Neptune are seen in Pisces, some 15° excessive by 4 A.M.
Catch Saturn, Neptune, and Venus within the early-morning sky earlier than dawn on Could 30, 2025. Credit score: Alison Klesman (through TheSkyX)
Take a peek on the early-morning duo of Saturn and Neptune, rising collectively in Pisces round 2:30 A.M. native daylight time. By 4 A.M. native daylight time they’re some 15° excessive, with blazing Venus seen to their decrease left. Saturn stands out effectively to the bare eye at magnitude 1.1, however Neptune (magnitude 7.8) would require binoculars or a telescope to see.
The 2 planets at the moment are 1.7° aside and can match effectively throughout the area of view of binoculars, a finder scope, or a wide-field telescope. By means of a telescope, Saturn’s disk spans 17” and its rings stretch 38”. They’re tilted some 3° to our line of sight, displaying off their southern face. The planet’s largest moon, Titan, needs to be seen some 1.5’ east of the ringed planet this morning.
Neptune’s disk is tiny, showing simply 2” throughout. The distant planet is northeast of Saturn and should appear as if a “flat,” bluish-gray star.
The 2 planets will proceed closing in on one another within the coming weeks, passing inside 1° of one another late subsequent month in a conjunction.
Dawn: 5:34 A.M.Sundown: 8:21 P.M.Moonrise: 8:52 A.M.Moonset: —Moon Section: Waxing crescent (17%)*Instances for dawn, sundown, moonrise, and moonset are given in native time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. native time from the identical location.
For a glance forward at extra upcoming sky occasions, take a look at our full Sky This Week column.
