The Night Sky Guy

If you can stay up past 11 tonight you can check out the gorgeous waning gibbous moon rising majestically in the southeast. And if you look carefully you will notice a creamy coloured bright star to its far upper left - that is the ringed planet, Saturn. To see its famous rings however you will need a small telescope.

Both worlds sit inside the constellation Virgo. Something cool to think about when gazing up at Saturn -it lies more than 1.3 billion km away from Earth and it takes light from this planet 1 hour and 13 minutes to reach your eye!