This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky
Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ATLAS comet.
A parade of planets will be visible to the naked eye all month
Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.
Super rare planetary parade to be visible in night sky as six planets align
Coined the ‘parade of planets’, the special celestial event will occur just after sunset and will see six planets — Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn — aligning in the sky. The official astronomical term is planetary alignment, which describes the event when several planets gather closely on one side of the Sun at the same time.
How to see the 'planet parade' alignment in Australian skies
The night sky is putting on a celestial show with a dazzling "planetary parade" featuring six major planets and a bonus comet.
Six planets are now visible in the night skies. Here’s how to see the ‘planet parade.’
Have you heard of the “planetary parade” that’s happening in the night skies? For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered binoculars.
Planetary alignments aren’t rare, but 6 visible planets are. Here's how to see it.
Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many bright planets at once.
How to See Six Planets Lined Up in the Night Sky This Month—and Glimpse a Rare Seven-Planet ‘Parade’ in February
While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special opportunity
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What Counts as a Planet?
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Look up! Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight. How to see it
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