Dubai: Stargazers in the UAE can catch Saturn at its brightest this Sunday, October 4, as Mleiha National Park in Sharjah hosts a guided viewing night to mark Saturn Opposition, one of the best times of the year to see the ringed planet.<\/p>\n
The five-hour event will be held at the Mleiha Eye, at the Mleiha Camping Site, and is open to astronomy fans, families and anyone curious about the night sky. Guests can look through telescopes, hear from experts and take in the clear, dark desert skies the area is known for.<\/p>\n
What is Saturn Opposition?<\/p>\n
Opposition happens when Earth passes between the Sun and Saturn, placing the planet directly opposite the Sun as seen from Earth. At this point, Saturn shines brighter and is easier to spot than at any other time of the year.<\/p>\n
The yearly alignment offers a great chance to see Saturn’s famous rings and some of its moons through a telescope, making it a good introduction to one of the most recognisable planets in the solar system.<\/p>\n
The park says the guided session is meant to make astronomy more accessible and raise awareness of planetary science and the value of protecting dark skies. With experts explaining what visitors are seeing, guests of all ages can learn more about the events taking place above them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubai: Stargazers in the UAE can catch Saturn at its brightest this Sunday, October 4, as Mleiha National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,66,306],"class_list":["post-919859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}