Tonight there is a chance to see 6 planets aligned in the night sky
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10 months ago
shellyrock
Tonight there is a chance to see 6 planets aligned in the night sky From what I ve read this event is unique in that you ll be able to see four of them with the naked eye Venus will be the brightest look SW with Saturn close by but Venus is 110 x brighter than Saturn Mars will be the orangest and visible towards the east with Jupiter more southeast To see Neptune and Uranus may require a telescope but Neptune will be close to Venus and Saturn while Uranus sits just above Jupiter It sounds like 45 minutes after sunset with clear skies is the best time to view the planets but they ll all be out for about 3 hours before Venus and Saturn disappear below the horizon Whether you can pinpoint each of the planets it s a great opportunities to look up and marvel at the wonders of the sky I ll be out there lying below that great big sky considering the unknowns and expansiveness of a sky infinitely larger than anything else I can see Plus any reason to stare up towards the stars sounds like a good reason to me