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Saturn One of the five planets visible to the naked eye (Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, and Mars). Saturn is rarely as bright as the brightest stars, so its main role in navigation is to confuse us by appearing as a star where no star should be. There of course will be exceptions, and we will be very happy to have Saturn right where it is for a nice combination of star-planet sights. It is an outer planet like Jupiter and moves slowly across the stars, as opposed to Venus and Mercury which move much more quickly.

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