... Over the years astronomers have watched (at a safe distance ...) as, 6,000 light years from Earth in the southern constellation Pyxis, a binary star known as T Pyxidis repeatedly produces these fearsome explosions. Moon Occults Saturn . ... Many stargazers in the U. S. were able to watch a lovely lunar occultation early last Thursday morning as a bright Moon passed in front of Saturn. ... Since Earth is much closer to the Sun than Saturn, only the day side of the planet is visible from the Earth. ...