For those of you planning to get outside before 6 a.m. tomorrow to watch the International Space Station fly over Maryland, one of the treats of the morning will be to watch the station fly past Saturn high in the southeastern sky. For most of us it will be a near - but very close - miss. But for a few the ISS will pass directly in front of Saturn - a sort of eclipse.

If weather conditions are right, a few amateur astronomers will try to capture a photograph of the fly by. I plan to be out there with my little telescope just to watch. If you're planning to have a look yourself, you might want to check out the map below, which shows the path of the "eclipse." The line on the map shows - approximately - where observers will be able to watch the ISS pass directly over Saturn. It will be a near miss for me in Cockeysville. On the other hand, maybe the prediction will be off by a fraction and I'll get lucky.

For all those planning to watch, good luck. And if you get a photograph of the event, please email me a copy and I'll post it. If you're just out to watch, and to enjoy the stars, moon and planets, drop a comment here when you get back indoors and we'll post those too.

Clear skies!