Sky Watch: Saturn and Venus To Cross Paths In Early Dawn on Nov. 27

Skygazers are in for a treat Tuesday morning as Venus and Saturn cross each other's paths in the dawn sky. According to Space.com, the passing planets will be visible shortly after 4:30 a.m. EST and will appear low above the east-southeast horizon.

Silvery-white Venus, the second planet from the Sun, will pass at about 0.6 degrees below and to the right of the dim and yellowish Saturn, Space.com reported. In order to figure out your line of vision, note that your closed fist held at arm's length covers 10 degrees of sky.

Then about an hour late, at 5:30 a.m. EST, sky watchers will be able to get a good glimpse of Saturn's stunning rings through a telescope. Venus, on the other hand, will appear as a small gibbous shaped disk, 87 percent illuminated by the sun, Space.com reported. After Tuesday's crossing, known as a conjunction, Saturn and Venus will head their separate ways.

According to Space.com, Venus, which was prominent during the summer, has about two months before it disappears from view until early next spring. However, Saturn will do the opposite, climbing higher in the night sky and becoming a permanent fixture of the evening sky by the middle of the spring.

The planets' conjunction will also form a three-object alignment with Saturn, Venus and Earth falling closely to a straight line, NBC News reported. Another celestial alignment will occur on December 21, with Venus and Saturn lining up with the Sun. Although the alignment will not be visible on Earth, astronomers will use a probe called Cassini that is orbiting around Saturn to witness the alignment.

The alignment between Saturn, Venus and the Sun does not have anything to do with the false planetary alignment predicted for December 21, which supposedly involves all eight planets. According to NBC News, the eight planet "is quite simply impossible" and "all eight planet have never aligned, not even once, in the entire 4 billion plus years that the solar system has existed."

Tuesday's conjunction of Saturn and Venus will also be visible for a few mornings afterwards, Space.com reported.