Several Nights Only- All Seven Planets Visible in One Night

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[virgil283]

"For those of you with even a small refractor telescope, the next few nights present a once in a blue moon opportunity to spot all seven planets in the same evening. Five of them are visible without even binoculars, while the other two will require you to reference the charts below. While Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will "move" faster in the sky, Uranus and Neptune will stay relatively fixed in their positions in Pisces and Aquarius for some time.

The closest five planets all yield some features through a small amateur telescope, the largest, Saturn and Jupiter, even reveal their moons through simple binoculars, all this regardless of light pollution so even city dwellers can get a good view. Don't expect anything more than a colored disk on the outer gas giants, even with my 8" reflector Uranus is mostly featureless and dull. Anyway, charts below, and the weather tonight is perfect in all but middle fifth of the country, so it makes a perfect time to look up!

[virgil283]

Click on 'continue reading' for placement charts to know where to look if you need.

[virgil283]

There is no permalink. You will have to scroll down. Right now its the 6th headline down...

[Chipper]

Weather won’t permit it here. Last good night we had I had Jupiter and 4 of the moons visible. I could make out the bands even. Wish I could have snapped a pic.

[RadiationRomeo]

All the planets on one side of the Earth?
OMGosh, That may cause the Earth to tip over !!

[EEGator]

The Mayans were right...we’re doomed! :)

[EEGator]

Guam will be first of course.

[null and void]

Seven planets, one for each Seal. A sure sign of the apocalypse...

[BlueDragon]

try this. copied from address/location bar after hitting 'continue reading'. Maybe it will stick.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/335823.php#335823

[WakeUpAndVote]

Uranus is mostly featureless and dull.

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[Night Hides Not]

Does this mean that Jupiter is with Mars? A dawning of a new Age of Aquarius?

[Proud2BeRight]

Look down and see an eighth one.

[txmissy]

bfl.

Thanks for the info!

[Cathy]

This happened last year:

http://www.space.com/14005-rare-sight-7-planets-visible-skywatching-tips.html

[ponygirl]

Which one is Planet X?

[Mercat]

saw the phrase “around 2:30 a.m.” and quit reading.

[oh8eleven]

All Seven Planets Visible in One Night ...

Took the trash out one night a week ago and was startled by one of the brighter objects in the sky I'd seen in a long time.
Had to look it up and it turned out to be Jupiter. Great show.

[fwdude]

I thought there were eight planets, or did yet another one get demoted?

[fwdude]

Never mind, WE are a planet, duh!!!

Of course, we are visible to us as well ;p

[Starstruck]

I thought there were eight planets, or did yet another one get demoted?

If you look up and see Earth you may have problems.

[Calvin Locke]

Several Nights Only- All Seven Planets Visible in One Night

Au contraire. If you're out, just look around, and see the eighth, aka, "3rd rock from the Sun" ...

Even though my scope is less than the author's 8", weather makes it a moot endeavor, regardless.