Saturn is at opposition. See it shine at its best for 2022 in a free webcast tonight. - Space.com

Weather permitting, the Saturn webcast will begin at 7:30 p.m.

EDT (2330 GMT) via the Virtual Telescope Project.

The ringed planet Saturn is often hailed as the jewel of the solar system and you have a chance to see why in a free webcast tonight. .

To celebrate, the online Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast live views of Saturn from a telescope in Ceccano, Italy.

It will appear on this page at start time, but you can also watch directly on the Virtual Telescope Project website (opens in new tab), too.

"As the lunar cycle progresses, Saturn and the background of stars will appear to shift westward each evening as Earth moves around the sun," NASA wrote (opens in new tab) in an August skywatching guide.

"Saturn will be at its closest and brightest for the year on Aug.

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Jupiter and the moon will also put on a show, NASA has said!

14 to 15, 2022, Jupiter will appear to the left of the waning gibbous moon.

EDT with Jupiter about 6 degrees to the left of the moon," NASA wrote in its guide.

with Jupiter about 4 degrees above the moon, and morning twilight will begin a little more than an hour later at 5:19 a.m." NASA added.

Are you looking for a telescope or binoculars to observe Saturn, Jupiter or the moon.