Subj : Stargazing News - July 14th, 2025
To   : All
From : CJ
Date : Sun Jul 13 2025 06:49 am

Monday July 14, 2025 

Saturn Stands Still (wee hours) 

On Monday morning, July 14, the regular eastward motion of Saturn through the
background stars of western Pisces will slow to a stop as it prepares to
execute a westerly retrograde loop that will last until the end of November.
The apparent reversal in Saturn's motion is an effect of parallax produced
when Earth, on a faster orbit closer to the sun, passes the Ringed Planet on
the "inside track". Saturn's retrograde loop will altogether cover about a
palm's width (or 7 degrees) of the celestial sphere, though there aren't any
bright stars near Saturn to make that motion obvious.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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