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And just before I go on to any more of the main topics here in the sky this week, I want to mention this too because this is coming up August 3rd, so it might be some folks that might be able to see this, transiting Saturn August 3rd. It'll be in the southeast just below Pisces. And again on August 19th will be another transit. And August 6th is a conjunction of Saturn and Neptune, so you can look for that too. But August 3rd... And Saturn is visible in the southern hemisphere, but I'm just using my local time here to view it. So you use my local time and convert it into your local time to see some of these transits on the 3rd. So on August 3rd, 2 or 3 AM, its shadow will begin to appear on the northeast eastern rim of Saturn. And it will take about 20 minutes for the moon to fully appear. And it reaches a midway position around 4 or 30 AM. And there's a couple of other moon's too that will be putting shadows over there. Smaller people will be harder to see. And on August 19th, 1.30 AM local time, along the eastern rim, eastern rim, you're looking at it through a telescope or binoculars on your left. Time begins to show itself by about 1.30 AM. This is on the 19th. And by about 2.40 AM, it's quite visible to the northeast. So that's a shadow here. So the moon is passing in front of Saturn and you'll be able to see its shadow as it's slowly going across the planet. So if you have a telescope, even a smaller sized telescope, you know a spotting telescope, you might be able to see it. Take a look. I think you'll find it interesting.