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And let's see, for you early risers, you may want to get up very, very early on September 20th around 2.30 AM and Eastern Daylight Time. So that's a little after midnight here in Colorado. And take a look at Saturn. You may be able to see tight, tight shadow transiting the planet. And you may be able to see a very, very thin, almost edge-on ring system of Saturn. So that's very early on the morning of the 20th. Saturn is in the constellation of Pisces, shining at magnitude 0.6. And then we've got Uranus. Uranus is now rising about 10 PM this week. What for Uranus for the Southeast is a very late evening, well, midnight. Uranus is in the constellation of Taurus, shining at magnitude 5.7, so it's towards the Southeast. You know, some of these planets in the late evening, they'll plan on taking up, except for Mars, of course, you're not going to have to take that soon after sunset. We've got Neptune at opposition as well on the 23rd, rising as the sun sets. Neptune is rising about 7.20 PM this week. Look for Neptune low to the east late in the evening. Within about one degree of Saturn, almost, Neptune is in the constellation of Pisces, shining at magnitude 7.7. So that's a solid seven magnitudes dimmer than Saturn. So take a look at that comparison. Within one degree is about two full moon widths. And you'd be looking, oh, kind of, let's see, kind of towards the, almost at the nine o'clock position of Saturn soon after it rises. So if you're looking at Saturn, definitely try to see if you can spot Neptune. You just have to move slightly to your left to see Neptune.