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what's up for April look up at the night

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sky this month and you'll see great

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views of Saturn and the moon hello and

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welcome my name is Jane Houston Jones

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and I'm an educator at NASA's Jet

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Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena

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California each month I'll be telling

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you about some cool views you can see in

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the night sky one of the views I love to

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share is Saturn everyone is always

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amazed that they can actually see the

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Rings just step outside after sunset and

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you'll see Saturn its a bright golden

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glow nearly overhead you don't even need

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a telescope I get to see a lot of Saturn

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because I work on the Cassini mission

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which is sending back stunning views of

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the ringed planet and it's fascinating

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moon's almost every day

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there's another planet you can see this

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month too it's Venus just look low in

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the West after the Sun sets venus is the

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brightest object that you'll see but

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wait there's more between April 21st and

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April 25th you'll see the moon grow

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larger and appear higher in the sky each

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night by the 25th you'll find it above

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Saturn here's a viewing tip for next

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month in late May you'll be able to see

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asteroid Vesta it won't be as bright as

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the Big Dipper stars and you'll

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definitely have to get away from city

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lights to see it you'll hear more about

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Vesta when nasa's dawn mission launches

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in June Don will travel to Vesta and the

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largest asteroid Ceres you can learn

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more about NASA missions by visiting w

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WN a Sega you can find our sky charts

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and resources for amateur astronomers at

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education JPL nasa gov just click on the

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what's up button that's all for this